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catfish

/'kæt,fɪʃ/

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noun
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
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wolf fish wolffish

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blennioid blennioid fish
noun
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
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siluriform fish

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malacopterygian soft-finned fish
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flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
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mudcat

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freshwater fish

Definition that contains catfish

pout catfish common in eastern United States
hornpout catfish common in eastern United States
ameiurus melas catfish common in eastern United States
horned pout catfish common in eastern United States