catfish - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for catfish , a list of similar words for catfish from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

Synonyms

• catfish
• siluriform fish

More generic

• malacopterygian
• soft-finned fish

More specific

• Ictalurus punctatus
• Pylodictus olivaris
• armored catfish
• bullhead
• bullhead catfish
• channel cat
• channel catfish
• flathead catfish
• goujon
• mudcat
• sea catfish
• shovelnose catfish
• silurid
• silurid fish
• spoonbill catfish

Related

• Siluriformes
• order Siluriformes

Noun

large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

Synonyms

• catfish
• wolf fish
• wolffish

More generic

• blennioid
• blennioid fish

Related

• Anarhichas
• genus Anarhichas

Noun

flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

Synonyms

• catfish
• mudcat

More generic

• freshwater fish

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