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catfish, n.

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

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soft-finned fish, malacopterygian

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Siluriformes, order Siluriformes

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silurid, silurid fish bullhead, bullhead catfish channel catfish, channel cat, Ictalurus punctatus flathead catfish, mudcat, goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivaris armored catfish sea catfish

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

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blennioid fish, blennioid

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Anarhichas, genus Anarhichas

flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
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catfish mudcat

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freshwater fish