shovelnose catfish

Questions about shovelnose catfish

What does shovelnose catfish mean?

shovelnose catfish means "large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw".

What is another word for shovelnose catfish?

Close synonyms include flathead catfish, mudcat, goujon, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivaris. 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 shovelnose catfish a common word?

shovelnose catfish 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.