mad-tom

Updated: June 17, 2025

"There isn't anythin' that swims that's meaner than a 'mad-Tom, an' they're frequent in all the rivers o' the middle west an' south. A 'mad-Tom," he continued in answer to the boy's questioning look, "is a small catfish with spines.

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries