Definition of 'catfish'

Noun

1. flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
      Synonyms: mudcat
2. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
      Synonyms: wolffish wolf fish
3. any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
      Synonyms: siluriform fish

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