Synonyms for catfish
ˈkætˌfɪʃcat·fish

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1. catfish, mudcatnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   flathead catfish, wolffish, wolf fish, goujon, shovelnose catfish, siluriform fish, mudcat, spoonbill catfish

2. wolffish, wolf fish, catfishnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   mudcat, wolffish, siluriform fish, lancet fish, wolf fish, lancetfish

3. catfish, siluriform fishnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   mudcat, wolffish, siluriform fish, wolf fish

Matched Categories

1. • Blennioid Fish
   • Freshwater Fish
   • Soft-finned Fish

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catfishnoun

   Synonyms:
   horn-pout, mud-pout, bull-head (pimalodus cattus)

2. catfishnoun

   Synonyms:
   wolf-fish (anarrhicas lupus)

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1. Steve Feltham:

   I have to be honest. I just don’t think that Nessie is a prehistoric monster, what a lot of people have reported seeing would fit in with the description of the catfish with its long curved back.

2. Cassady Douglas:

   I realized it was a tremendously huge fish, i didn’t know what kind of fish it was. I assumed it was a carp or catfish.

3. Hannah Truscott:

   There are men who have n’t caught one over 40 pounds, and they’ve been doing it years, i think she’s had about 23 in the last four years over 40 pounds.'' CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Hannah Truscott -LRB- left -RRB- went on to catch five more catfish that day, which brought the total weight of Hannah Truscott -LRB- left -RRB- haul to nearly 400 pounds, SWNS reported. Hannah Truscott has been fishing with Hannah Truscott father for almost a decade, according to SWNS. ( SWNS) Truscott told SWNS he and Hannah Truscott -LRB- left -RRB- first went fishing together when she was around 6 years old. Since then, he said, she’s become a specialist in catching catfish. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER.

4. Administrator Geno Adams:

   Theres just a lot of information that doesnt line up to make that a channel catfish, and in the last few years it just became overwhelming.

5. Steve Feltham:

   At the moment, a Wels catfish ticks more of the boxes than any of the other contenders for the explanation, i would like it to be something new and undiscovered rather than something a little bit mundane. People do report four- or five-feet long necks sticking up out of Loch Ness. That's not going to be a Wels catfish.