jumprock

[juhmp-rok]

noun

1. any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jumprock¹

1885–90, perhaps jump + rock ¹

Example Sentences

It says the dam removal will also help species including the federally endangered Roanoke logperch as well as declining Roanoke bass, orangefin madtom and bigeye jumprock populations.

From Washington Times