HyperDic: catfish

English > 3 senses of the word catfish:
NOUNfoodcatfish, mudcatflesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States
animalcatfish, wolffish, wolf fishlarge ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
animalcatfish, siluriform fishany of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
catfish > pronunciation
Soundskae'tfih.sh
Rhymesabolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...
English > catfish: 3 senses > noun 1, food
Meaningflesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed.
Synonymmudcat
Broaderfreshwater fishflesh of fish from fresh water used as food
Spanishbagre, barbo
Catalanbarb
English > catfish: 3 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaninglarge ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins.
Synonymswolffish, wolf fish
Member ofAnarhichas, genus Anarhichastype genus of the Anarhichadidae
Broaderblennioid fish, blennioidelongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
Spanishbarbo
Catalanbarb caní
English > catfish: 3 senses > noun 3, animal
MeaningAny of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
Synonymsiluriform fish
Member ofSiluriformes, order SiluriformesAn order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
Narrowerarmored catfishSouth American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
bullhead, bullhead catfishAny of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
channel catfish, channel cat, Ictalurus punctatusFreshwater food fish common throughout central United States
flathead catfish, mudcat, goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivarislarge catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
sea catfishAny of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders
silurid, silurid fishOld World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
Broadersoft-finned fish, malacopterygianAny fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
Spanishbagre, barbo, siluriforme, siluriformes, siluro
Catalansiluriforme, silur

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