HyperDic: buffalo_fish

English > 1 sense of the expression *buffalo fish*:
NOUN	animal	buffalo fish, buffalofish	any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley

English > *buffalo fish*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley.
Synonym	buffalofish
Parts	buffalofish	large carp-like North American fish
Narrower	black buffalo, Ictiobus niger	fish of the lower Mississippi
Broader	sucker	Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction