goujon

2 definitions found

goujon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See Pasha.]
     1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See
        Pasha.
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     2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
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     3. (Zool.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of
        the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud  cat
        , and yellow cat.
        [1913 Webster]

goujon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  goujon
      n 1: large catfish of central United States having a flattened
           head and projecting jaw [syn: flathead catfish, mudcat,
           goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish,
           Pylodictus olivaris]