noun
fish of the lower Mississippi
• Syn: ↑Ictiobus niger
• Hypernyms: ↑buffalo fish, ↑buffalofish
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ictiobus, ↑genus Ictiobus
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noun1. : a buffalo fish (Ictiobus niger) chiefly of the southern part of the Mississippi valley
2. : cape buffalo
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a buffalofish, Ictiobus niger, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage systems south to Mexico. Also called rooter.
[1835-45, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.