southern studfish

noun

See under studfish.

Words nearby southern studfish

southern rhodesian, southern slavs, southern sotho, southern sporades, southern stars, southern studfish, southern toad, southern triangle, southern uplands, southern yemen, southern-fried

Definition for southern studfish (2 of 2)

studfish
[ stuhd-fish ]
/ ˈstʌdˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) stud·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) stud·fish·es.

either of two killifishes marked with orange spots, Fundulus catenatus (northern studfish), of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and Ozark Mountains region, or F. stellifer (southern studfish), of the Alabama River.

Origin of studfish

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; stud1 + fish