mudcat

(ˈmʌdˌkæt)

(Animals) any of several large North American catfish living in muddy rivers, esp in the Mississippi valley

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flat′head cat′fish

a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictis olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw. Also called mudcat.

[1940–45]

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Noun	1.	mudcat - 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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