Catfish (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Wolffish
• Wolf Fish

Hypernyms

• Blennioid
• Blennioid Fish

Meaning ²

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

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Siluriform Fish

Hypernyms

• Malacopterygian

Hyponyms

• Shovelnose Catfish
• Channel Cat
• Mudcat
• Goujon
• Spoonbill Catfish
• Bullhead Catfish
• Pylodictus Olivaris
• Silurid Fish
• Ictalurus Punctatus

Meaning ³

Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Synonyms

• Mudcat