MUDCAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mudcat mean? 

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

1. flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

2. large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw

  Familiarity information: MUDCAT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUDCAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

catfish; mudcat

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

flathead catfish; goujon; mudcat; Pylodictus olivaris; shovelnose catfish; spoonbill catfish

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

catfish; siluriform fish (any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth)

Holonyms ("mudcat" is a member of...):

genus Pylodictus; Pylodictus (flathead catfishes)