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REDHORSE SUCKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does redhorse sucker mean?
• REDHORSE SUCKER (noun)
The noun REDHORSE SUCKER has 1 sense:
1. North American sucker with reddish fins
Familiarity information: REDHORSE SUCKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American sucker with reddish fins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
redhorse; redhorse sucker
Hypernyms ("redhorse sucker" is a kind of...):
sucker (mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps)
Holonyms ("redhorse sucker" is a member of...):
genus Maxostoma; Maxostoma (a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae)
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