catfish
IPA: kˈætfɪʃ
noun
- Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
- The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
- (Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
- (Internet) Such a fake profile.
verb
- To fish for catfish.
- (Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
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Examples of "catfish" in Sentences
- She is the incarnation of a catfish.
- A catfish holder for killing and cleaning catfish.
- The lake is stocked with bass and catfish infrequently.
- These catfish will excavate the substrate and may nibble plants.
- The maximum length is in the blue catfish and the flathead catfish.
- The giraffe catfish is occasionally imported for the aquarium trade.
- It is known as the Cave catfish along with other species of catfish.
- It is known as the 'Cave catfish' along with other species of catfish.
- The lake provides a habitat for perch, pickerel, sunfish, catfish, and trout.
- Armoured catfish are not Loricariidae, but Loricariidae are armoured catfish.