mudcat
- noun
- /ˈmʌdˌkæt/
- US
:
pez gato
- We had fried mudcat for dinner, and it was delicious.
Examples
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Talking about what wine to drink with fish, I mean, those people drink warm beer with fried mudcat and he's trying to say...
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The local restaurant specializes in grilled mudcat, served with a tangy sauce.
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He caught a large mudcat during his fishing trip on the river.
Synonyms
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1.0
A fish with whisker-like feelers often eaten as food
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2.0
A water animal that lives in rivers or lakes and people eat
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3.5
A freshwater fish with whisker-like feelers common in North America and often eaten
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2.1
A fish that people catch or farm to eat
A large freshwater catfish with a flat head and a lower jaw that sticks out
A large catfish with a wide flat head and a lower jaw that sticks out
A large catfish with a flat head and a jaw that sticks out found in central United States rivers
A large freshwater fish with a flat head and long spoon-shaped snout for finding food in muddy water
A large river fish with a flat head and a long pointed nose found in central United States
A common North American freshwater catfish often caught for food
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mudcat comes from the two simple English words mud ('soft wet earth') and cat ('a small furry animal'). It names a big kind of catfish with whiskers that lives in muddy rivers and is eaten for food, so the name helps you picture both where it lives and its cat-like face.