mudcat

or mud cat

[ muhd-kat ]

noun

flathead catfish.

Origin of mudcat

1810–20, Americanism;mud + cat

Words Nearby mudcat

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How to use mudcat in a sentence

Then he wired to the headquarters of the railroad company telling them to send a man to mudcat Landing to take his place.
Poor White | Sherwood Anderson
Then he say, 'The next is a mudcat; this kind of a fish likes dark trashy places.
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British Dictionary definitions for mudcat

mudcat

/ (ˈmʌdˌkæt) /

noun

any of several large North American catfish living in muddy rivers, esp in the Mississippi valley

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