mudcat

Noun

Meaning

large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw

flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

catfish goujon flathead catfish spoonbill catfish Pylodictus olivaris shovelnose catfish mudlark mudfish mudskipper mudbug mudcrab mudshark mudpuppy mudhen mudduck

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Hypernyms

catfish freshwater fish siluriform fish

Examples

“Everything’s coming down to geography,” said Dave “Mudcat” Saunders, a longtime Democratic political consultant in Virginia whose base in the state’s rural south went heavily for Gillespie. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mudcake mudcaked mudcap mudcloth mudcovered mudcrab