catfish 3

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Synonyms

siluriform fish 1
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

Hyponym

noun

Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin

noun

any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States

noun

freshwater food fish common throughout central United States

noun

large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw

noun

South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates

Member_holonym

noun

an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes