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catfish

(kat′fis̸h′)

☆ any of an order (Siluriformes) of bony fishes with barbels, somewhat like a cat's whiskers, about the mouth and usually with a sharp spine in the dorsal and pectoral fins
☆ any of certain fishes of this group cooked as food

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noun pl. catfish catfish or cat·fish·es

Any of numerous scaleless, chiefly freshwater fishes of the order Siluriformes, characteristically having whiskerlike barbels extending from the upper jaw. Also called regionally bullhead, mud cat.

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