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SPOONBILL CATFISH

Dictionary entry overview: What does spoonbill catfish mean?

• SPOONBILL CATFISH (noun)
The noun SPOONBILL CATFISH has 1 sense:

1. large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw

Familiarity information: SPOONBILL CATFISH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SPOONBILL CATFISH (noun)

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Meaning:

Large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

flathead catfish; goujon; Pylodictus olivaris; shovelnose catfish; spoonbill catfish; mudcat

Hypernyms ("spoonbill catfish" is a kind of...):

catfish; siluriform fish (any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth)

Holonyms ("spoonbill catfish" is a member of...):

genus Pylodictus; Pylodictus (flathead catfishes)

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