stonecat
[stohn-kat]
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noun
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
Origin of stonecat
Also called beadeye.
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Historical Examples of 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.