catfish

Anlam (İngilizce)

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).

Kavramlar

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Eş anlamlılar

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

Çeviriler

silure

poisson-chat

Wels

meerval

siluro

bagre

pesce gatto

γατόψαρο

bagre

barbo

peixe-gato

Katzenfisch

Plotosus arab

Synodontis ocellifer

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/ˈkætfɪʃ/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

Batı Frizcesi ile aynı kökten türemiştir: katfisk

Felemenkçe ile aynı kökten türemiştir: katvis

Almanca ile aynı kökten türemiştir: 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”).