BUFFALO FISH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley

Synonyms:

buffalo fish; buffalofish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("buffalo fish" 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 "buffalo fish"):

buffalofish (large carp-like North American fish)

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

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