mudcat

mudcat

(ˈmʌdˌkæt) n (Animals) any of several large North American catfish living in muddy rivers, esp in the Mississippi valley

flat′head cat′fish

n. a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictis olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw. Also called mudcat. [1940–45]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mudcat - flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmedcatfishfreshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
	2.	mudcat - large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jawflathead catfish, goujon, Pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfishsiluriform fish, catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouthgenus Pylodictus, Pylodictus - flathead catfishes