any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins
Also called: redhorse sucker
Word origin
[1790–1800, Amer.; red1 + horse]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, idealism, peanut, silhouette, standby