Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

madtom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mad-tom
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae.

Example Sentences

"Two specimens were taken; one very large example, 9 inches long, i a pool of Bottom Creek, and a small one in the river. The stomach of the large specimen was filled with minnows and "Mad Toms.""
"We were fishing with "mad toms" for bait; that is what the local fishermen call diminative^([sic]) bullheads."
"On the Potomac and the Susquehanna rivers a favorite bass bait is what they call a mad-tom, which is nothing but a small yellow catfish (stone cat) with its spines cut off."

Inflected Forms

madtoms (plural)

Questions

What does madtom mean?: Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae.

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