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catfish

cat·fish

UK/ˈkætfɪʃ/ US/ˈkʰæt̚fɪʃ/ fairly common slang

noun

1.

flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

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3.

any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

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Origin

From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”).

Phrases

  • African glass catfish
  • African sharptooth catfish
  • airbreathing catfish
  • airsac catfish
  • banjo catfish
  • blue catfish
  • bumblebee catfish
  • catfish effect

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