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madtom

/mad-tom/US // ˈmædˈtɒm //

疯人院,疯疯癫癫,疯了,疯魔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several tadpolelike, freshwater catfishes of the genus Noturus, of the central and eastern U.S., having a poisonous pectoral spine: some are threatened or endangered.

Examples

  • The slender madtom may become more widespread if other reservoirs are built that stabilize stream flow in the basin.

  • The freckled madtom was taken only at the middle Neosho station on 19 April, 1958.

  • The slender madtom was taken only at the middle Marais des Cygnes station in the fall of 1957.

  • By 1959, the third summer of continuous flow, the Neosho madtom was again common.