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Stone cat

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stone⋅cat

[stohn-kat]
–noun
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
Also called beadeye.


Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; stone + cat1
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stone·cat   (stōn'kāt')   
n.  A yellowish-brown freshwater catfish (Noturus flavus) of the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region, having poisonous pectoral spines.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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