stone toter

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

The most singular fish in this part of the world [the Southern States] is called the stone-toter, whose brow is surmounted with several little sharp horns, by the aid of which he totes small flat stones from one part of the brook to another more quiet, in order to make a snug little inclosure, for his lady to lie in in safety.-Paulding, Lett. from the South.

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