different between mudcat vs goujon

English

Etymology

mud +? cat

Noun

mudcat (plural mudcats)

1. A catfish, Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead), native to the Mississippi Delta.
2. A flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris, syns. Silurus olivaris, Leptops olivaris), flatty or shovelhead cat, of central North America.

References

• mudcat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Yellow bullhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pylodictis olivaris at National Center for Biotechnology Information

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?(d)??n/, /?u????n/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French goujon (“gudgeon (fish)”). Doublet of gudgeon.

Noun

goujon (plural goujons)

1. A mudcat (fish).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French goujon (“dowel, pin”)

Noun

goujon (plural goujons)

1. A thin strip of food, usually fish or chicken.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.???/

Etymology 1

From Latin g?bi?, g?bi?nem, from g?bius.

Noun

goujon m (plural goujons)

1. gudgeon (fish)

Etymology 2

From gouge +? -on.

Noun

goujon m (plural goujons)

1. dowel, pin

Further reading

• “goujon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).