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catostomid

DEFINITIONS OF: catostomid

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n a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae

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sucker
mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
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
Type of:
cypriniform fish
a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
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