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Definition of Blue cat
1. Noun. A large catfish of the Mississippi valley.
Generic synonyms: Channel Cat, Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Cat
Literary usage of Blue cat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Blue-cat. A kind of cat-fish. 1855 In this [dug-out] sat a youth, fishing for
blue-cat and perch. The blue-cat of the Edisto is one of the nicest fish that ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"The spawning season of the blue cat in Louisiana is during the months of April
and May. Out of 374 fish examined ai Morgan City, Louisiana, ..."
3. Rabbits, Cats and Cavies: Descriptive Sketches of All Recognised Exhibition by Charles Henry Lane (1903)
"... THE LONG-HAIRED blue cat Until the comparatively recent advent of the Creams
and Chinchillas, I think there is no doubt cats of this colour have been ..."
4. A Girl's Wanderings in Hungary by H. Ellen Browning (1897)
"... opera singer—The marriage question in Hungary—The fortune-teller at' The Blue
Cat'—An empress-worshipper—New Year festivities at the Royal Castle—The ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"SW blue cat. One who is suspected of being an incendiary. ' He has the name of
a blue cat.' See Lewis's Cat.—SW (Salisbury.) Blue Eyes. ..."
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