Goujon

2 definitions found

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

  Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See {Pasha}.]
     1. A Turkish title of honor, now written {pasha}. See
        {Pasha}.
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     2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.


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     3. (Zool.) A very large siluroid fish ({Leptops olivaris}) of
        the Mississippi valley; -- also called {goujon}, {mud
        cat}, and {yellow cat}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  goujon
       n : large catfish of central United States having a flattened
           head and projecting jaw [syn: {flathead catfish}, {mudcat},
            {shovelnose catfish}, {spoonbill catfish}, {Pylodictus
           olivaris}]