catfish
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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.
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| —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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Catfish
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Example sentences
Nature hasn't left the catfish declawed, so to speak.
Many plantations have given way to catfish farms, but these too are past their glory days.
No license is required for guests who wish to fish catfish and bluegill from the property's lake.
The gourds grow heavy on the vine, and the catfish splash merrily in their ponds.
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