 catfish |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins | |
| Synonyms: | wolf_fish wolffish | |
| Related terms: | blennioid_fish Anarhichas | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed | |
| Synonyms: | mudcat | |
| Related terms: | freshwater_fish | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (zoology) any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth | |
| Synonyms: | siluriform_fish | |
| Related terms: | soft-finned_fish bullhead sea_catfish channel_catfish flathead_catfish armored_catfish silurid Siluriformes | |
