squawfish

[ skwaw-fish ]

noun

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

1. any of several large, voracious cyprinid fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus, inhabiting rivers of the western United States and Canada: The Colorado squawfish, P. lucius, is endangered.

Word History and Origins

Origin of squawfish¹

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