English
Detailed Synonyms for catfish in English
catfish:
catfish [the ~] noun
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the catfish
– any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth 1the siluriform fish; the catfish– any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth 1 -
the catfish
– large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins 1 -
the catfish
– flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed 1