BUFFALOFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffalofish mean? 

• BUFFALOFISH (noun)
  The noun BUFFALOFISH has 2 senses:

1. large carp-like North American fish

2. any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley

  Familiarity information: BUFFALOFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUFFALOFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large carp-like North American fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("buffalofish" is a kind of...):

freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

Holonyms ("buffalofish" is a part of...):

buffalo fish; buffalofish (any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

buffalo fish; buffalofish

Hypernyms ("buffalofish" is a kind of...):

sucker (mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps)

Meronyms (parts of "buffalofish"):

buffalofish (large carp-like North American fish)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "buffalofish"):

black buffalo; Ictiobus niger (fish of the lower Mississippi)