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mudcat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mudcat has 2 senses
- mudcat(n = noun.food) catfish - flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed; Array is a kind of freshwater fish
- mudcat(n = noun.animal) flathead catfish, goujon, pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish - large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw; Array is a kind of catfish, siluriform fish
is a member of genus pylodictus, pylodictus
CIDE DICTIONARY
mudcat, n.
A large catfish (Pylodictus olivaris , formerly Leptops olivaris ) of the central U. S. having a flattened head and projecting jaw. [WordNet 1.5]
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