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1. ((esp. collectively)) catfish
any of numerous scaleless fishes of the order Siluriformes, with barbels around the mouth resembling cat's whiskers.
Etymology: (1605–15)
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1. (noun) catfish, mudcat
flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
2. (noun) wolffish, wolf fish, catfish
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
3. (noun) catfish, siluriform fish
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
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1. (noun) catfish
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
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Sense: any of a family of scaleless fish with long feelers round the mouth.
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 Afrikaans: platkop, seebaber |
 Arabic: سَمَك السلَّور/ الصلَّور |
 Bulgarian: морски вълк |
 Brazilian: bagre |
 Czech: sumec, sumcovitá ryba |
 German: der Wels |
 Danish: malle; havkat |
 Greek: γατόψαρο |
 Spanish: bagre |
 Estonian: säga |
 Farsi: گربه ماهی |
 Finnish: monni |
 French: poisson-chat |
 Hebrew: שְׂפָמנוּן |
 Hindi: अशल्क मछली |
 Croatian: som |
 Hungarian: harcsa |
 Indonesian: lele |
 Icelandic: leirgedda; (steinbítur) |
 Italian: pesce gatto |
 Japanese: なまず |
 Korean: 메기 |
 Lithuanian: šamas, šamažuvių būrio žu |
 Latvian: zobaine |
 Malay: ikan duri |
 Dutch: katvis |
 Norwegian: steinbit |
 Polish: zębacz |
 Persian: گربه ماهی |
 Pashto: پيشى كب (يو ډول ماهى دى چ |
 Portuguese: bagre |
 Romanian: pisică de mare |
 Russian: сомовые |
 Slovak: sumcovitá ryba |
 Slovenian: som |
 Serbian: som |
 Swedish: havskatt |
 Thai: ปลาดุก |
 Turkish: kedi balığı |
 Taiwanese: 鯰魚 |
 Ukrainian: сом |
 Urdu: مچھلی کی ایک قسم |
 Vietnamese: cá trê |
 Chinese: 鲇鱼 |
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