Catfish vs. Dogfish

Catfishnoun

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

Catfishnoun

(internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.

Catfishnoun

(internet) Such a fake profile.

Catfishverb

To fish for catfish

Catfishverb

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

Catfishnoun

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.

Catfishnoun

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

Catfishnoun

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

Catfishnoun

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

Catfishnoun

a freshwater or marine fish with barbels resembling whiskers round the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling.

Catfishnoun

another term for wolf fish

Catfishverb

fish for catfish

Catfishverb

lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona

Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the Candiru, Vandellia cirrhosa.

Dogfishnoun

Any of various small sharks

Dogfishnoun

especially those from the family Squalidae

Dogfishnoun

a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae

Dogfishnoun

a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae

Dogfishnoun

(UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris

Dogfishnoun

(Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula

Dogfishnoun

(Canada) Squalus suckleyi

Dogfishnoun

(Bermuda) Mustelus canis

Dogfishnoun

(Barbados) Bodianus rufus

Dogfishnoun

(Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis

Dogfishnoun

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Dogfishnoun

(Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii

Dogfishnoun

(US) The bowfin, Amia calva.

Dogfishnoun

A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

Dogfishnoun

The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

Dogfishnoun

The burbot of Lake Erie.

Dogfishnoun

primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

Dogfishnoun

any of several small sharks

Dogfishnoun

a small sand-coloured bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail, common on European coasts.

Dogfishnoun

a small shark that resembles or is related to the dogfish, sometimes caught for food.