noun
any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley
• Syn: ↑buffalofish
• Hypernyms: ↑sucker
• Hyponyms: ↑black buffalo, ↑Ictiobus niger
• Part Meronyms: ↑buffalofish
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noun : any of several large suckers (family Catostomidae) mostly found in the Mississippi valley, some being important food fishes: as
a. : bigmouth buffalo
b. : black buffalo 1
c. : smallmouth buffalo
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buffalo fish noun
A N American freshwater cyprinoid fish with a humped back
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Main Entry: ↑buffalo
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buffalo fish,
a large, dark-colored freshwater fish having a more or less humped back, found from southern Canada to Guatemala.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.