hog sucker

hog sucker
noun
widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams
Hypernyms: ↑sucker

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noun
: a No. American fish (Hypentelium nigricans) of the family Catostomidae that is brassy olive marked with brown, is widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams, and in some areas is used as food — called also hog molly

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any of several suckers of the genus Hypentelium, inhabiting cool streams of eastern North America and characterized by a broad head that is concave above. Also called hogmolly.
[1880-85, Amer.]

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  • hog sucker — Stone Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hog sucker — noun Date: 1877 a North American sucker (Hypentelium nigricans) that is brassy olive marked with brown and is sometimes used for food …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hog sucker — any of several suckers of the genus Hypentelium, inhabiting cool streams of eastern North America and characterized by a broad head that is concave above. Also called hogmolly. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • northern hog sucker — juodoji kiaulinė čiulpikė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Hypentelium nigricans angl. northern hog sucker rus. чёрный чукучан свинья ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kiaulinės čiulpikės …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • Sucker — Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sucker fish — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sucker foot — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sucker rod — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sucker tube — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • northern hog sucker. — See black sucker. * * * …   Universalium

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