buffalo fish

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• buffalo fish — ☆ buffalo fish n. any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America …   English World dictionary

• buffalo fish — noun any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley • Syn: ↑buffalofish • Hypernyms: ↑sucker • Hyponyms: ↑black buffalo, ↑Ictiobus niger • Part Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• buffalo fish — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• buffalo fish — buffalofish uffalofish, buffalo fish uffalo fish . (Zo[ o]l.) 1. any of several large carplike North American fish. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several large fresh water fishes of the family {Catostomid[ae]} (also called suckers) of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• buffalo fish — noun see buffalo I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• buffalo fish — noun Any of several North American freshwater sucker fishes of the genus Ictiobus, similar to carp but having a humped back …   Wiktionary

• common buffalo fish — didžiažiotė bizonžuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Ictiobus cyprinellus angl. bigmouth buffalo; common buffalo fish; redmouth buffalo rus. большеротый буффало ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

• razorback buffalo fish — noun : smallmouth buffalo …   Useful english dictionary

• bigmouth buffalo fish — noun see bigmouth buffalo …   Useful english dictionary

• white buffalo fish — noun see white buffalo 2 …   Useful english dictionary