Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name applied to the fork-tailed catfish of the Potomac river, Amiurus catus, found from Maryland to Texas.
  • noun Same as channel-cat .

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Examples

  • Compelled to silence as they were by the danger of their position, Edred and Elfrida rubbed their white-cat bodies against their father's legs in a rapture which I cannot describe and purred enthusiastically.

    The House of Arden Edith 1923

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