spoonbill catfish.
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spoonbill catfish — noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw • Syn: ↑flathead catfish, ↑mudcat, ↑goujon, ↑shovelnose catfish, ↑Pylodictus olivaris • Hypernyms: ↑catfish, ↑siluriform fish … Useful english dictionary
spoonbill catfish. — See flathead catfish. [1880 85] … Useful english dictionary
spoonbill cat — noun also spoon billed catfish or spoonbill : paddlefish … Useful english dictionary
flathead catfish — noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw • Syn: ↑mudcat, ↑goujon, ↑shovelnose catfish, ↑spoonbill catfish, ↑Pylodictus olivaris • Hypernyms: ↑catfish, ↑siluriform fish … Useful english dictionary
shovelnose catfish — noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw • Syn: ↑flathead catfish, ↑mudcat, ↑goujon, ↑spoonbill catfish, ↑Pylodictus olivaris • Hypernyms: ↑catfish, ↑siluriform fish … Useful english dictionary
flathead catfish — a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw. Also called goujon, mudcat, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish. [1940 45] * * * … Universalium
spoon-billed catfish — noun see spoonbill cat … Useful english dictionary
mudcat — noun 1. flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed • Syn: ↑catfish • Hypernyms: ↑freshwater fish 2. large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw • Syn: ↑flathead catfish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
siluriform fish — noun any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth • Syn: ↑catfish • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑silurid, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
goujon — noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw • Syn: ↑flathead catfish, ↑mudcat, ↑shovelnose catfish, ↑spoonbill catfish, ↑Pylodictus olivaris • Hypernyms: ↑catfish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
