redhorse
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English
Etymology
From red + horse. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why? It's a fish, not a horse, and doesn't look red.”)
Noun
redhorse (plural redhorses)
- Any of various ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma.
- 2017, Vance Randolph, Robert Cochran, The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society, page 235:
- Another thing: most native Ozarkers actually prefer suckers to either bass or trout, and will regularly pass up game fish in order to strike at a big redhorse or hogmolly!
Hyponyms
- bigeye jumprock
- black redhorse
- blackfin sucker
- blacktail redhorse
- blacktip jumprock
- copper redhorse
- golden redhorse
- gray redhorse
- greater jumprock
- harelip sucker
- longlip jumprock
- mascota jumprock
- Mexican redhorse
- notchlip redhorse
- pealip redhorse
- river redhorse
- rustyside sucker
- shorthead redhorse
- silver redhorse
- smallfin redhorse
- smallmouth redhorse
- V-lip redhorse
Translations
ray-finned fish
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