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mudcat

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mudcat [ˈmʌdˌkæt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several large North American catfish living in muddy rivers, esp in the Mississippi valley
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Noun1.mudcatmudcat - flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
catfish
freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
2.mudcat - large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
flathead catfish, goujon, Pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish
siluriform fish, catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
genus Pylodictus, Pylodictus - flathead catfishes


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