catfish : Idioms & Phrases

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armored catfish

  • noun South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
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blue catfish

  • noun a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
    blue cat; blue channel cat; blue catfish.
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blue channel catfish

  • noun a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
    blue cat; blue channel cat; blue catfish.
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bullhead catfish

  • noun any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
    bullhead.
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channel catfish

  • noun freshwater food fish common throughout central United States
    channel cat; Ictalurus punctatus.
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electric catfish

  • noun freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ
    Malopterurus electricus.
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european catfish

  • noun large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
    Silurus glanis; sheatfish.
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flathead catfish

  • noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
    Pylodictus olivaris; mudcat; goujon; shovelnose catfish; flathead catfish.
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sea catfish

  • noun any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food
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Sea" cat`fish, Sea" cat` (Also<
  • Sea catfish
  • Sea cat
)
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  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The wolf fish. (b) Any marine siluroid fish, as Ælurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America.
Webster 1913

shovelnose catfish

  • noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
    Pylodictus olivaris; mudcat; goujon; shovelnose catfish; flathead catfish.
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spoonbill catfish

  • noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
    Pylodictus olivaris; mudcat; goujon; shovelnose catfish; flathead catfish.
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