Word
Catfish
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
cat-fish
Definition
- 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.
- noun - Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
- noun - Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
- noun - Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
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