stonecat

[ stohn-kat ]

noun
  1. a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.

Origin of stonecat

1
1870–75, Americanism;stone + cat

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