chubsucker

chubsucker
/chub"suk'euhr/, n.
any of several stout suckers of the genus Erimyzon, inhabiting sluggish streams, backwaters, and lakes of the central and eastern U.S.
[1810-20, Amer.; CHUB + SUCKER]

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