Defenition of the word catfish
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Defenition of the word catfish
- Any of the numerous fishes of the order or suborder Siluroidei, characterized by barbels around the mouth and the absence of scales.
- flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
- any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
- large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
Synonyms for the word catfish
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- cuttlefish
- mudcat
- seawolf
- siluriform fish
- wolf fish
- wolffish
Meronymys for the word catfish
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- Anarhichas
- genus Anarhichas
- order Siluriformes
- Siluriformes
Hyponyms for the word catfish
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- armored catfish
- bullhead
- bullhead catfish
- channel cat
- channel catfish
- flathead catfish
- goujon
- Ictalurus punctatus
- mudcat
- Pylodictus olivaris
- sea catfish
- shovelnose catfish
- silurid
- silurid fish
- spoonbill catfish
Hypernyms for the word catfish
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- blennioid
- blennioid fish
- freshwater fish
- malacopterygian
- soft-finned fish
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