mudcatn.
/ˈmʌdkat/, U.S. /ˈmədˌkæt/ U.S.
1. Any of several North American freshwater catfishes of the family Ictaluridae, found in muddy rivers esp. in the Mississippi valley. Also in extended use.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous member of
sea-cat1601
gaff-topsail1794
mudpout1804
mudcat1819
blue cat1826
channel cat-fish1838
channel cat1847
sea-catfish1882
goujon1883
scorpion fish1883
bashaw1888
ground spearing1896
1819 D. Thomas Trav. Western Country 211 The mud cat is covered with clouded spots, and is a very homely fish.
1865 ‘M. Twain’ Letters (1917) I. 323 A scheming, groveling mud-cat of a lawyer.
1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi liv. 532 He did n't really catch anything but only just one small useless mud-cat.
1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. vii. 159 Not no great big trouts nor mud-cats but li'l perches and brims.
1965 E. W. Teale Wandering Through Winter 173 Mud cats sometimes tip the scales at eighty pounds.
1993 Conservationist Jan. 21/1 Bullheads, also called mudcats or pond cats are another common freshwater catfish.
2. An inhabitant of Mississippi. Cf. Mudcat State n. at Compounds.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states
Marylander1640
Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
Pennsylvanian1685
Carolinian1705
Georgian1732
Marylandian1750
Jersey blue1758
Californian1762
Louisianian1775
Mississippian1775
Acadian1776
Vermonteer1778
Kentuckian1779
Vermontese1783
Indianian1784
Cohee1786
Kentuck1789
Virginian1797
Michiganian1813
Michigan1814
Tennessean1815
Ohioan1818
Illinoian1819
Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
badger1844
Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
Minnesotan1854
Nebraskan1854
Kansian1855
Utahan1855
Floridan1856
fly-up-the-creek1857
Dakotian1861
Coloradan1862
Coloradian1862
Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
Oklahoman1894
Tex1909
blue hen's chicken1921
Tejano1925
Geechee1926
Arkie1927
sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 660 Mississippi is occasionally spoken of humorously as the Mudcat State, the inhabitants being quite generally known as Mud-cats.
1945 Chicago Daily News 16 Aug. 10/7 While we are laying down surrender terms for the Japanese, how about a Declaration on Senator ‘Dear Dago’ Bilbo, the Mississippi mudcat?
1983 M. Whiteford How to talk Baseball 138 A teammate..began calling him ‘Mudcat’.
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Mudcat State n. the state of Mississippi.
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1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 660 Mississippi is occasionally spoken of humorously as the Mudcat State.
1983 M. Whiteford How to talk Baseball 138 Grant hailed from Mississippi, the Mudcat State.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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