[skwaw-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | any of several large, voracious cyprinid fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus, inhabiting rivers of the western U.S. and Canada: the Colorado squawfish, P. lucius, is endangered. |
| 2. | a viviparous perch, Embiotoca lateralis, living off the Pacific Coast of the U.S. |
| squaw·fish (skwô'fĭsh') n. pl. squawfish or squaw·fish·es Any of several large cyprinid freshwater fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus, of western North America. |