mudcat

English

Pylodictis olivaris

Etymology

From mud +‎ cat.

Noun

mudcat (plural mudcats)

1. A catfish, Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead), native to the Mississippi Delta.
2. A flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris, syns. Silurus olivaris, Leptops olivaris), flatty or shovelhead cat, of central North America.

References

• Pylodictis olivaris at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Further reading

• mudcat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Yellow bullhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia