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cat·fish
(kăt′fĭsh′)n. pl. catfish or cat·fish·es
Any of numerous scaleless, chiefly freshwater fishes of the order Siluriformes, characteristically having whiskerlike barbels extending from the upper jaw. Also called regionally mud cat.
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catfish
(ˈkætˌfɪʃ)n, pl -fish or -fishes
1. (Animals) 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. (Animals) another name for wolffish
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cat•fish
(ˈkætˌfɪʃ)n. pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.
any of numerous scaleless fishes of the order Siluriformes, with barbels around the mouth resembling cat's whiskers.
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cat·fish
(kăt′fĭsh′) Any of numerous scaleless, usually freshwater fish having whisker-like feelers on the upper jaw.
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| Noun | 1. |  catfish - flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmedfreshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food |
| 2. | catfish - large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins blennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins Anarhichas, genus Anarhichas - type genus of the Anarhichadidae | |
| 3. |  catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouthmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii order Siluriformes, Siluriformes - an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes silurid, silurid fish - Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin bullhead catfish, bullhead - any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States channel cat, channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus - freshwater food fish common throughout central United States flathead catfish, goujon, Pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, mudcat - large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw armored catfish - South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates sea catfish - any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food |
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cat
(kӕt) noun1. a small, four-legged, fur-covered animal often kept as a pet. a Siamese cat.
2. a large wild animal of the same family (eg tiger, lion etc). the big cats.
ˈcatty adjective spiteful, malicious. She's catty even about her best friend; catty remarks.
ˈcatcall noun a shrill whistle showing disagreement or disapproval. the catcalls of the audience.
ˈcatfish noun any of a family of scaleless fish with long feelers round the mouth.
ˈcatgut noun a kind of cord made from the intestines of sheep etc, used for violin strings etc.
ˌcat's-ˈeye noun a small, thick piece of glass fixed in the surface of a road to reflect light and guide drivers at night.
ˈcatsuit noun a woman's close-fitting one-piece trouser suit.
ˈcattail noun a tall plant that grows in wet places, with flowers shaped like a cat's tail.
let the cat out of the bag to let a secret become known unintentionally.
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