stonecat
[ stohn-kat ]
/ ˈstoʊnˌkæt /
noun
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
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Origin of stonecat
Words nearby stonecat
stone-ground, stone-hearted, stone-lily, stoneboat, stonecast, stonecat, stonechat, stonecrop, stonecrop family, stonecutter, stoned
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Example sentences from the Web for stonecat
The abundance of the stonecat was greatest at the lower Marais des Cygnes station in 1957 and at the upper Neosho station in 1959.