redhorse

English

Etymology

From red +‎ horse. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why? It's a fish, not a horse, and doesn't look red.”)

Noun

redhorse (plural redhorses)

1. Any of various ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma.
   • 2017, Vance Randolph, Robert Cochran, The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society, page 235:

     Another thing: most native Ozarkers actually prefer suckers to either bass or trout, and will regularly pass up game fish in order to strike at a big redhorse or hogmolly!

Hyponyms

• bigeye jumprock
• black redhorse
• blackfin sucker
• blacktail redhorse
• blacktip jumprock
• copper redhorse
• golden redhorse
• gray redhorse
• greater jumprock
• harelip sucker
• longlip jumprock
• mascota jumprock
• Mexican redhorse
• notchlip redhorse
• pealip redhorse
• river redhorse
• rustyside sucker
• shorthead redhorse
• silver redhorse
• smallfin redhorse
• smallmouth redhorse
• V-lip redhorse

Translations

ray-finned fish

• Cherokee: ᎣᎵᎦ (oliga)