hogmolly

See also: hog molly

English

Noun

hogmolly (plural hogmollies)

  1. Synonym of hogsucker (“a kind of fish”)
    • 1944, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Ohio River Division, Ohio River Pollution Control: Report (volume 3, page 1309)
      At Martinsville large common and quillback suckers, hogmollies, sunfish, and numerous minnows are found.
    • 2017, Vance Randolph, Robert Cochran, The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society, page 235:
      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!
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