Meanings
nounredhorse (plural redhorses)
plural redhorses
- Any of various ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma.
Another thing: most native Ozarkers actually prefer suckers to either bass or trout, and will regularly pass up game fish in order to strike at a big redhorse or hogmolly!
2017, Vance Randolph, Robert Cochran, The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society, page 235
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Origin
From red + horse. So named because of the red fins on many species, although the animal's similarity to a horse is unclear.
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