Sacramento squawfish

noun

: sacramento pikeminnow

… conservation groups claim the ravenous Sacramento squawfish find trout in the Eel River to be a particular delicacy.

—Los Angeles Times, 2 May 1999

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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