stonecat

stonecat
/stohn"kat'/, n.
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines. Also called beadeye.
[1870-75, Amer.; STONE + CAT1]

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