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Ictiobus

noun

buffalo fishes

• Syn: ↑genus Ictiobus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Catostomidae, ↑family Catostomidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑black buffalo, ↑Ictiobus niger

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\\ikˈtīəbəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from ichthy- + Greek bous ox, cow (also, a kind of fish) — more at cow

: a common genus of buffalo fishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.