Colorado pikeminnow

noun

: a large dull olive green pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) that was formerly present in most of the Colorado River and its tributaries but is now restricted mainly to its northern range and that may reach a length of six feet (1.8 meters)

Word History

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above

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