catfish

[kat-fish]

cat·fish

[kat-fish]
noun, plural (especially collectively) cat·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cat·fish·es.
1.
any of the numerous fishes of the order or suborder Nematognathi (or Siluroidei), characterized by barbels around the mouth and the absence of scales.
2.
a wolffish of the genus Anarhichas.
3.
any of various other fishes having a fancied resemblance to a cat.

Origin:
1605–15; cat1 + fish
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Catfish is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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catfish (ˈkætˌfɪʃ)
 
n , pl -fish, -fishes
1.  any of numerous mainly freshwater teleost fishes having whisker-like barbels around the mouth, esp the silurids of Europe and Asia and the horned pouts of North America
2.  another name for wolffish

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