FLATHEAD CATFISH

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("flathead 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 ("flathead catfish" is a member of...):

genus Pylodictus; Pylodictus (flathead catfishes)

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