Buffalofish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  buffalofish \buffalofish\, buffalo fish \buffalo fish\n. (Zool.)
     1. any of several large carplike North American fish.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Zool.) Any of several large fresh-water fishes of the
        family {Catostomid[ae]} (also called suckers see [a


  
        href="http:]/www.state.ia.us/dnr/organiza/fwb/fish/iafish/sucker/sucker.htm">Sucker
        family), of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or
        brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the {big-mouthed buffalofish}
        ({Ictiobus cyrinellus}, formerly called {Bubalichthys
        urus}), the {black buffalofish} ({Ictiobus niger}), and
        the {small-mouthed buffalofish} ({Ictiobus bubalus},
        formerly called {Bubalichthys altus}), are among the more
        important species used as food.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  buffalofish
       n 1: large carp-like North American fish
       2: any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley [syn:
           {buffalo fish}]