Catfish — synonyms, definition

1. catfish (Noun)

bass mudcat perch siluriform fish trout wolf fish wolffish

catfish (Noun) — Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed.

catfish (Noun) — Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins.

catfish (Noun) — Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

blennioid blennioid fish freshwater fish malacopterygian soft-finned fish Ictalurus punctatus Pylodictus olivaris armored catfish armoured catfish bullhead bullhead catfish channel cat channel catfish flathead catfish goujon mudcat sea catfish shovelnose catfish silurid silurid fish spoonbill catfish Anarhichas Siluriformes genus Anarhichas order Siluriformes

2. catfish (Verb)

catfish (Verb) — (internet) set up a fake internet profile, esp. for the purpose of seduction.