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buffalofish

[ buhf-uh-loh-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) buf·fa·lo·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) buf·fa·lo·fish·es.
  1. any of several large, carplike, North American, freshwater fishes of the genus Ictiobus, of the sucker family.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of buffalofish1

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70; buffalo + fish

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