catfish
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(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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Synonyms: siluriform fish |
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Related Words: Ictalurus punctatus, Pylodictus olivaris, armored catfish, bullhead, channel cat, channel catfish, flathead catfish, goujon, malacopterygian, mudcat, sea catfish, shovelnose catfish, silurid, silurid fish, soft-finned fish, spoonbill catfish |
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(noun) flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed |
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Synonyms: mudcat |
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Related Words: freshwater fish |
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(noun) large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins |
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Synonyms: wolf fish, wolffish |
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Related Words: blennioid, blennioid fish |
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