hog sucker

1. 1.

   widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams

   Synonymshog mollyHypentelium nigricans

   Broadersucker

Questions about hog sucker

What does hog sucker mean?

hog sucker means "widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams".

What is another word for hog sucker?

Close synonyms include hog molly, Hypentelium nigricans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hog sucker a common word?

hog sucker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.