buffalofish
[
buhf
-
uh
-loh-fish]
/ˈbʌf əˌloʊˌfɪʃ/
noun
,
plural
(
especially collectively
)
buffalofish
(
especially referring to two or more kinds or species
)
buffalofishes.
1.
any of several large, carplike, North American, freshwater
fishes
of the genus
Ictiobus,
of the sucker family.
Origin
1760-70,
Americanism;
buffalo
+
fish