Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the family Sciænidæ, Aplodinotus (Haplodinotus) grunniens, with elevated back or shoulders; the bubbler or fresh-water drumfish.
- noun A fish of the family Catostomidæ, Ictiobus bubalus; a buffalo-fish.
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In these years immediately following the Civil War not only was the river full of delicious fish -- bass, buffalo-perch, blue catfish, and other eatable varieties -- but the woods
With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914
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