buffalofish

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: buf=fa=lo=fish

CIDE DICTIONARY

buffalofish, n. 

•  any of several large carplike North American fish.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  Any of several large fresh-water fishes of the family Catostomidæ (also called suckers see Sucker family), of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed buffalofish (Ictiobus cyrinellus, formerly called Bubalichthys urus), the black buffalofish (Ictiobus niger), and the small-mouthed buffalofish (Ictiobus bubalus, formerly called Bubalichthys altus), are among the more important species used as food.  [PJC]