Thesaurus: catfish

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1. n. 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.
2. n. flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
3. n. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
4. n. any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
5. v. To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity
6. 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.
7. A name given in the United States to various species ofsiluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat(Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stonecat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name isalso sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.
8. n:100 n. flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed n. any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth