Catfish

n.

1.

(Zool.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

Noun	1.	catfish - flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed Synonyms: mudcat
	2.	catfish - large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins Synonyms: wolf fish, wolffish
	3.	catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth Synonyms: siluriform fish

freshwater fish, mudcat