mudcat
Whiskered river dweller
Mudcat is an informal name for any of several species of catfish that dwell in muddy river bottoms, particularly the flathead catfish found in North American waters.
The term reflects the fish's habitat and feeding habits in murky, silty environments.
Mudcat also serves as a nickname for people from Mississippi or other muddy-river regions, and appears in blues music contexts, notably the Mudcat Café, an online folk music archive.
Facial sensory hairs
- barbelsFish sensory projections
- bottom-feederCreature eating from below
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- flatheadStraight-tipped tool or fish
channel · blue · bullhead · aquaculture · slime · nocturnal · noodling · trotline
Casual musical improvisation
- trotlineHorizontal fishing line with hooks
- chicken-liverEdible poultry organ
- nightcrawlerBig worm, or nocturnal person
- flatlineShow no heartbeat
setline · catfishing · trophy · keeper · mess · skinning · fillet · frying
whiskers
Facial sensory hairs
- barbelsFish sensory projections
- bottom-feederCreature eating from below
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
flathead · channel · blue · bullhead · aquaculture · slime · nocturnal · noodling · trotline · pond
noodling
Casual musical improvisation
- trotlineHorizontal fishing line with hooks
- chicken-liverEdible poultry organ
- nightcrawlerBig worm, or nocturnal person
flatline · setline · catfishing · trophy · keeper · mess · skinning · fillet · frying
silt
Waterborne earth particles
- murkyDark and unclear
- bottom-dwellerOrganism living on substrate
- riverbedFloor beneath flowing water
creek · bayou · backwater · slough · oxbow · turbid · sediment · burrow · wallow · sluggish
- catfishbullhead, swai, flathead, candiru, shovelhead
- folk namesdaddy longlegs, lightning bug, ladybug, pill bug, roly-poly
- mud wordsclay, silt, loam, muck, mire
mudcattrout
Freshwater game fish
rainbow trout · brook trout · brown trout · salmon · char