catfish

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
2. (countable, uncountable) The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.

Verb

To fish for catfish.

Verb

To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).

Konzepte

Wels

Katzenfisch

Bartenfisch

Barbe

Katzenwels

Katfisch

Seewolf

Synonyme

wolf fish

wolffish

mudcat

siluriform fish

cat-fish

anabas

fish

🐟

Chinese nose

Guatemalan chulín

barbu threadfin

beard fish

brown large-eyed croaker

Ketengus typus

sheathfish

European catfish

barbu

Atlantic wolffish

wolf-fish

ocean whitefish

reef coraker

rita

tomker seertle

bullhead

Tandan

large

sheatfish

small

threadfin

Übersetzungen

silure

poisson-chat

pesce gatto

siluro

bagre

meerval

γατόψαρο

barbo

peixe-gato

bagre

mâchoiron

peix gat

katvis

Plotosus arab

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkætfɪʃ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: katfisk

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: katvis

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Seekatze

In summary

From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”).