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sucker

DEFINITIONS OF: sucker

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n a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)

Type of:
drinker
a person who drinks liquids

n mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps

Types:
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buffalo fish, buffalofish
any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley
Hypentelium nigricans, hog molly, hog sucker
widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams
redhorse, redhorse sucker
North American sucker with reddish fins
Ictiobus niger, black buffalo
fish of the lower Mississippi
Type of:
catostomid
a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae

n flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws

Type of:
freshwater fish
flesh of fish from fresh water used as food

n a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Synonyms:
chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch
Type of:
dupe, victim
a person who is tricked or swindled

n hard candy on a stick

Synonyms:
all-day sucker, lollipop
Type of:
candy, confect
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

n an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction

Types:
cupule
a sucker on the feet of certain flies
Type of:
organ
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

n a shoot arising from a plant's roots

Type of:
shoot
a new branch
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