stonecat

[ stohn-kat ]

noun

1. a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stonecat¹

1870–75, Americanism; stone + cat ( def )

Example Sentences

The abundance of the stonecat was greatest at the lower Marais des Cygnes station in 1957 and at the upper Neosho station in 1959.

From Project Gutenberg