catfish

Speech parts

1. catfish - Noun

2. catfish - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mudcat siluriform fish wolffish wolf fish haddock Kat marlin pompano barracuda sturgeon cod chub blowfish sardine sailfish
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Antonyms

winkle johnson dick chopper knob prick
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Hypernyms

animal fish malacopterygian blennioid freshwater fish soft-finned fish

Hyponyms

bullhead channel catfish goujon mudcat flathead catfish silurid

Phrases with the word

Danube catfish humpback catfish eel catfish spotted catfish broadhead catfish common catfish

Derivatives

catfishes

Anagrams

factish

Examples

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. Edith Sitwell

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of catfish. Edith Sitwell

Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I got in it, so I guess he's had enough of it. Bootsy Collins

Daddy had a farm - cows, pigs, OK, a big garden, OK? We did live off the land, and then we would supplement all that with whatever we could kill or catch. Whether we'd kill squirrels, deer, duck, or caught catfish or brim, that was what went on the table. Si Robertson

If you want proof that Catfish was real, just put me in an audition room and watch me fall apart. I can't pretend. I'm really bad at it. That's partly what makes me good at hosting a reality show. Nev Schulman

She'd also called me brave... unless she was talking to the catfish. Rick Riordan

Close letter words and terms

catfall catfight catfighting catfish cakes catfisher catfisherman