catfish
pronunciation
How to pronounce catfish in British English:
UK [ˈkætfɪʃ]
How to pronounce catfish in American English:
US [ˈkætfɪʃ]
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- Noun:
- flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
- large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
- any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
Word Origin
- catfish (n.)
- 1610s, from cat (n.) + fish (n.). Probably so called for its "whiskers."
Example
- 1. About 10 catfish were found swimming in the sewer .
- 2. Catfish , carp and tilapia are often bred this way .
- 3. A capricious , mythical catfish lies beneath the japanese archipelago .
- 4. The fishermen soon discovered that the catfish was a potential bonanza .
- 5. In 1995 , the first owner of the house was a catfish lover .