Home › Words › R › redhorseredhorseredhorse · noun — any of various ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, redhorse ranks #13,749 of 43,049 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom red + horse. So named because of the red fins on many species, although the animal's similarity to a horse is unclear.nounAny of various ray-finned fish in the genus Moxostoma.e.g.“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!” — 2017, Vance Randolph, Robert Cochran, The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society, page 235:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jumprock 62% match — Any of a number of North American fish in the sucker genus Moxostoma. vs redhorse →roughhead 58% match — A fish, the common shiner, Luxilus cornutus. vs redhorse →ratfish 57% match — A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae. vs redhorse →yellowfish 57% match — Certain species of the genus Labeobarbus of mid-sized ray-finned fish. vs redhorse →redmouth 57% match — Applied to various fishes with a bright red mouth. vs redhorse →guitarfish 56% match — Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings. vs redhorse →springfish 55% match — Any of the fish in the goodeid genus Crenichthys. vs redhorse →schizothoracine 54% match — Any cyprinid fish of the genus Schizothorax (snow carps, snowtrouts, and marinkas). vs redhorse →