Definition of Flathead catfish

1. Noun. Large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Flathead Catfish

flatcars
flatchested
flate
flatfeet
flatfield
flatfish
flatfishes
flatfoot
flatfooted
flatfootedly
flatfootedness
flatfooting
flatfoots
flathe
flathead
flathead catfish (current term)
flatheads
flathon
flating
flatiron
flatirons
flative
flatland
flatlander
flatlanders
flatlands
flatleaf
flatlet
flatlets
flatline

Literary usage of Flathead catfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"flathead catfish between 201 and 500 mm consumed mostly benthic macroinvertebrates and fishes, while those over 500 mm almost exclusively are gizzard shad ..."

2. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... (channel catfish) Pylodictis olivaris (flathead catfish) Salmonidae Middle Smith and Sublette Rio ..."

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