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black sucker

noun

  1. a hog sucker, Hypentelium nigricans, of eastern U.S. streams.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of black sucker1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences

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There is a kind of black sucker live there but no Indians ever caught them because that was a Water Baby place and they was Water Baby food.

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