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PYLODICTUS OLIVARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pylodictus olivaris mean? 

PYLODICTUS OLIVARIS (noun)
  The noun PYLODICTUS OLIVARIS has 1 sense:

1. large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jawplay

  Familiarity information: PYLODICTUS OLIVARIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYLODICTUS OLIVARIS (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("Pylodictus olivaris" 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 ("Pylodictus olivaris" is a member of...):

genus Pylodictus; Pylodictus (flathead catfishes)


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