Definition of catfish in English:
catfish
nounPlural catfishesˈkatfɪʃˈkætˌfɪʃ
1A freshwater or marine fish with barbels resembling whiskers round the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling.
Order Siluriformes: many families, including the Eurasian family Siluridae (see wels) and the Callichthyidae (which contains a number of species that are popular in aquaria, in particular the genus Corydoras)
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- Many of you will probably be thinking of going over to Spain to sample the carp fishing or to pursue catfish or perhaps even the various barbel forms.
- Use the spear for nabbing medium-size freshwater fish like bass and catfish, or ocean fish such as grouper and flounder.
- Especially well adapted to low or nonexistent light levels are several new species of electric fishes and catfishes.
- Other fishes, such as catfishes and burbots, probably eat the young shovelnose sturgeons.
- The presence of year-round rivers also provides Iraq with freshwater fish such as catfish and members of the genus Barbus.
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another term for wolf fish
verbcatfishesˈkatfɪʃˈkætˌfɪʃ
1no object Fish for catfish.
with the Mississippi River far below its normal level, the catfishing kept getting better and better
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- Of course, I know him; we catfish together.
- He'd spent more than a few cheery nights with them as they catfished on the Clinch River.
- I hooked a carp that was yellow as a goldfish while I was catfishing.
- Some friends and I were catfishing the Minnesota River until well past midnight on a cloudy, moonless night.
- He and a friend were catfishing in Mill Creek when they came upon something really big.
- I do a little catfishing and try to take a surf fishing trip at least once a year.
2US informal with object Lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.
he was being catfished by a cruel prankster
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- While there isn't much data at this point, catfishing is becoming more common anecdotally.
- I am so sorry I catfished you yesterday.
- He had been catfished into providing revealing photos of himself to a man who had posed as a woman.
- Why doesn't she stick around to help him figure out who is catfishing him?
- We also discovered that he had been catfishing Gus the whole time.
- Parents have to scramble to make sure their kids aren't sending dirty messages to their friends, or getting bullied or catfished by an old man pretending to be a cool tween.
- His words are instead funneled through Nick, who has been catfishing his best friend.
- So how can you stay safe online and avoid being catfished?
- He said the athletic department catfished several athletes to teach them the dangers of social networking.
- I politely told her that since she had clearly catfished me I was going to have to pass on going out.
- The athlete put out a statement saying he was essentially catfished, but doubt is still rampant.