BUFFALO FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffalo fish mean? 

• BUFFALO FISH (noun)
  The noun BUFFALO FISH has 1 sense:

1. any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley

  Familiarity information: BUFFALO FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUFFALO FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

buffalo fish; buffalofish

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)