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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mudcat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
mud-cat
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A catfish, Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead), native to the Mississippi Delta.

noun

A flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris, syns. Silurus olivaris, Leptops olivaris), flatty or shovelhead cat, of central North America.

Etymology

From mud + cat.

Inflected Forms

mudcats (plural)

Synonyms

flathead catfish goujon shovelnose catfish spoonbill catfish pylodictus olivaris catfish

Questions

What does mudcat mean?
A catfish, Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead), native to the Mississippi Delta.
Where does mudcat come from?
From mud + cat.

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