Definitions for: Catfish

[n] any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
[n] large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
[n] flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

Webster (1913) Definition: Cat"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A name given in the United States to various species of
siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the
bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat ({Pilodictic
oilwaris}), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat
(Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to
the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

Synonyms: mudcat, siluriform fish, wolf fish, wolffish

See Also: Anarhichas, armored catfish, blennioid, blennioid fish, bullhead, channel cat, channel catfish, flathead catfish, freshwater fish, genus Anarhichas, goujon, Ictalurus punctatus, malacopterygian, mudcat, order Siluriformes, Pylodictus olivaris, sea catfish, shovelnose catfish, silurid, silurid fish, Siluriformes, soft-finned fish, spoonbill catfish

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