catfish

catfish is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.
2. noun. any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
3. noun. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

   Synonyms: wolffish

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

   Synonyms: mudcat

Synonyms

wolffish, mudcat

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in catfish:

factish

Common word forms

catfished, catfishes, catfishing

Words from these letters

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