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/red"hawrs'/, n.any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins. Also called redhorse sucker.[1790-1800, Amer.; RED1 + HORSE]
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redhorse — noun North American sucker with reddish fins • Syn: ↑redhorse sucker • Hypernyms: ↑sucker • Member Holonyms: ↑Maxostoma, ↑genus Maxostoma * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun … Useful english dictionary
redhorse sucker — noun North American sucker with reddish fins • Syn: ↑redhorse • Hypernyms: ↑sucker • Member Holonyms: ↑Maxostoma, ↑genus Maxostoma * * * noun see redho … Useful english dictionary
redhorse — noun Date: 1796 any of various large suckers (genus Moxostoma) of North American rivers and lakes with the males having red tail fins especially in the breeding season … New Collegiate Dictionary
redhorse — a member of the genus Moxostoma in the family Catostomidae, large freshwater fishes of North America with about 10 species, large in size and with reddish fins … Dictionary of ichthyology
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Robust Redhorse — A Robust Redhorse in an aquarium. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animal … Wikipedia
Black redhorse — Taxobox name = Black redhorse regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Cypriniformes familia = Catostomidae genus = Moxostoma species = M. duquesnei binomial = Moxostoma duquesnei binomial authority = (Lesueur, 1817)The … Wikipedia
