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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large bluish freshwater catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) of North America and especially the Mississippi River basin, sometimes weighing more than 45 kilograms (100 pounds).

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  • noun a large catfish of the Mississippi valley

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