mud + cat
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A catfish native to the Mississippi Delta, especially the yellow bullhead. (11 of 12 words)
any of several large North American catfish living in muddy rivers, especially in the Mississippi valley (16 of 183 words, pronunciation)
may refer to: Catfish native to the Mississippi Delta's "muddy waters," especially the yellow bullhead | Mudcat Café, folk music website | Mudcat Grant (born 1935), baseball player | David "Mudcat" Saunders, American political consultant (32 of 43 words, 4 definitions)
a yellow and brown catfish common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw. (19 of 31 words)
any of several catfishes living in muddy waters (8 of 10 words)
a scaleless, usually freshwater fish with long whiskers barbels around its mouth that are sensitive to touch, taste, and smell. Order Siluriformes. (22 of 45 words, pronunciation)
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Origin: mud + cat
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mudcat
Origin: Unattested in Old English; probably cognate with (or perhaps directly borrowed from) Middle Dutch modde, Middle Low German modde, mudde (Low German Mudd), (Dutch modder). Non Germanic cognates include Albanian... (30 of 33 etymology words)
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mud
Origin: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt ("male cat") and catte ("female cat"),... | Abbreviation of catamaran. | Abbreviation of catenate. | Possibly a shortened form of catastrophic. |... (26 of 110 etymology words)
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