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Definition of Paddlefish

1. Noun. Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout.

Definition of Paddlefish

1. n. A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.

Definition of Paddlefish

1. Noun. Any of several primitive fish, of the family ''Polyodontidae'', that have a long snout shaped like a paddle. ¹

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Definition of Paddlefish

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Medical Definition of Paddlefish

1. A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Synonym: duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Paddlefish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"The American paddlefish inhabits the streams of the Mississippi Valley between Texas and ... The smooth, greenish skin of the paddlefish is lacking ..."

2. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"paddlefish, closely related to sturgeon, have provided a source of caviar for ... Populations of paddlefish have been depleted in many areas due to loss of ..."

3. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"At other seasons the paddlefish may be caught on set-lines. ... Not until recently was the paddlefish considered of any value, its flesh being regarded as ..."

4. Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Or, Natural History of the Fishes Inhabiting the by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Richard Ellsworth Call (1899)
"251] ent in size, but extremely in shape and situation, the lower one broader, shorter, and nearly triangular. XXXIV Genus. paddlefish. ..."

5. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"The food of the paddlefish consists largely of minute plants and animals, ... The paddlefish is good to eat, but its roe (eggs), from which caviar is made, ..."

6. Adventure Guide to Oklahoma by Lynne M. Sullivan (1999)
"Grand Lake is one of the state's best reservoirs for largemouth bass and is home to a large paddlefish population. The ancient paddlefish, also known as the ..."

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