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buffalo fish

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buffalo fish
n.
Any of several suckers of the genus Ictiobus, having a humped back and found mostly in the Mississippi Valley.
buffalo fish
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
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Noun1.buffalo fishbuffalo fish - any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley
buffalofish
sucker - mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
black buffalo, Ictiobus niger - fish of the lower Mississippi
buffalofish - large carp-like North American fish


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