catfish

Inflections of 'catfish' (n):

catfish: npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Catfish get their name from the whisker-like spines around their mouths.")

catfishes: npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "Some catfishes have stings.")

cat•fish n., pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.

Fisha fish lacking scales and having spines around the mouth that resemble a cat's whiskers.

cat•fish n. pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es.

Fishany of the numerous fishes of the order or suborder Nematognathi (or Siluroidei), characterized by barbels around the mouth and the absence of scales.
Fisha wolffish of the genus Anarhichas.
Fishany of various other fishes having a fancied resemblance to a cat.

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catfish /ˈkætˌfɪʃ/ n ( pl -fish, -fishes)

any of numerous mainly freshwater teleost fishes having whisker-like barbels around the mouth, esp the silurids of Europe and Asia and the horned pouts of North America
another name for wolffish
informal a person who creates a false identity on social media in order to lure someone into establishing a relationship

(intransitive) informal to create a false identity on social media in order to lure someone into establishing a relationship

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