catfishes

Variant of catfish

catfish definition

cat·fish (kat′fis̸h′)

noun pl. catfish -·fish′, catfishes -·fish′es

  1. ☆ 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
  2. ☆ any of certain fishes of this group cooked as food

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