Definition of "madtom"
madtom
noun
plural madtoms
Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae.
Quotations
Two specimens were taken; one very large example, 9 inches long, i a pool of Bottom Creek, and a small one in the river. The stomach of the large specimen was filled with minnows and "Mad Toms."
1890, “Amblopites rupestris cavifrons (Cope). "Red Eye."”, in Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, volume 8, United States Fish Commission, page 123