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Definition of Buffalo fish
1. Noun. Any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley.
Exact synonyms: Buffalofish
Generic synonyms: Sucker
Specialized synonyms: Black Buffalo, Ictiobus Niger
Terms within: Buffalofish
Generic synonyms: Sucker
Specialized synonyms: Black Buffalo, Ictiobus Niger
Terms within: Buffalofish
Definition of Buffalo fish
1. Noun. Any of several North American freshwater sucker fishes of the genus Ictiobus, similar to carp but having a humped back. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffalo Fish
Literary usage of Buffalo fish
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)
"1784 The fish common to the waters of the Ohio are the buffalo- fish, of a large
size, ... 1792 The buffalo fish is in size from four to eight Ib.—G. Imlay, ..."
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