buffalo fish

British  

noun

1. any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus : family Catostomidae (suckers)

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Example Sentences

It’s buffalo fish, which I grew up cooking on Friday nights with my grandmother outside of Memphis.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2021

The day before, he and others had hauled 1,200 pounds of carp and some buffalo fish out of the Mississippi River.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2018

Growing up in Flint, he said, his grandfather would take him fishing in the Flint River, where they’d catch buffalo fish, which he’d always toss back.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017

I asked, “How did you know that? You had buffalo fish before?”

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

Since he had never had any, one night I was going to show Richard how to cook some buffalo fish.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson