mud-cat

Their catfish is the only sort in which we excel; they have none that answer to our blue cat, either in size or flavor, and nothing like our mud-cat.

The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia James Wharton

Their catfish is from ten to fifteen inches in length, with a wide mouth, like the mud-cat of the Western waters; but their cat differ from both ours in substance and color; they are soft, pied black and white.

The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia James Wharton

"Yaas-suh, yaas-suh; Mistuh Cahdhoss in de pomelo g'ove, suh, feedin 'mud-cat to de wile-puss."

The Firing Line 1899

Sunday, once, he didn't really catch anything but only just one small useless mud-cat; and maybe that wouldn't have been so awful if he had thrown it back -- as he says he did, but he didn't.

Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. Mark Twain 1872

Sunday, once, he didn't really catch anything but only just one small useless mud-cat; and maybe that wouldn't have been so awful if he had thrown it back -- as he says he did, but he didn't.

Life on the Mississippi, Part 11. Mark Twain 1872

Sunday, once, he didn't really catch anything but only just one small useless mud-cat; and maybe that wouldn't have been so awful if he had thrown it back -- as he says he did, but he didn't.

Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1872

And whilst it is a fact that John Jones did fish a little on Sunday, once, he didn't really catch anything but only just one small useless mud-cat; and maybe that wouldn't have been so awful if he had thrown it back -- as he says he did, but he didn't.

Life on the Mississippi 1870

I feels sorter bad from eatin 'a mud-cat yesterday.

Odd Leaves from the Life of a Louisiana "Swamp Doctor" 1858

"Brer Rabbit pole up ter de fish-trap, en feel 'roun' en pull out a great big mud-cat; den he retch in en pull out 'n'er big mud-cat; den he pull out a big blue cat, en it keep on dis a-way twel he git de finest mess er fish you mos' ever laid yo 'eyes on.

Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

"Brer Rabbit pole up ter de fish-trap, en feel 'roun' en pull out a great big mud-cat; den he retch in en pull out 'n'er big mud-cat; den he pull out a big blue cat, en it keep on dis a-way twel he git de finest mess er fish you mos' ever laid yo 'eyes on.

Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878