catfish
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
- definition large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
- definition any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
- definition To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity