Catostomidae

Thesaurus

Noun

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Catostomidae - suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidaefamily Catostomidaefish family - any of various families of fishCypriniformes, order Cypriniformes - an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysicatostomid - a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidaesucker - mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carpsCatostomus, genus Catostomus - type genus of the family Catostomidaegenus Ictiobus, Ictiobus - buffalo fishesgenus Hypentelium, Hypentelium - a genus of fish in the family Catostomidaegenus Maxostoma, Maxostoma - a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae