SHOVELNOSE CATFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shovelnose catfish mean? 

• SHOVELNOSE CATFISH (noun)
  The noun SHOVELNOSE CATFISH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHOVELNOSE CATFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOVELNOSE CATFISH (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("shovelnose catfish" 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 ("shovelnose catfish" is a member of...):

genus Pylodictus; Pylodictus (flathead catfishes)