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- [kat-fish]
- /ˈkætˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈkæt.fɪʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kat-fish]
- /ˈkætˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of catfish word
- variable noun catfish Catfish are a type of fish that have long thin spines around their mouths. 3
- noun catfish any of numerous mainly freshwater teleost fishes having whisker-like barbels around the mouth, esp the silurids of Europe and Asia and the horned pouts of North America 3
- noun catfish any of an order (Siluriformes) of bony fishes with barbels, somewhat like a cat's whiskers, about the mouth and usually with a sharp spine in the dorsal and pectoral fins 3
- noun catfish any of certain fishes of this group cooked as food 3
- noun plural catfish any of the numerous fishes of the order or suborder Nematognathi (or Siluroidei), characterized by barbels around the mouth and the absence of scales. 1
- noun plural catfish a wolffish of the genus Anarhichas. 1
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Origin of catfish
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; cat + fish
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Catfish
noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
catfish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
catfish usage trend in Literature
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