different between catfish vs appaloosa

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cat +? fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers.

Noun

catfish (countable and uncountable, plural catfish or catfishes)

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

   Synonyms: (Africa) catlet, sheat, sheatfish, river chicken

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Verb

catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)

1. To fish for catfish

   I only use this rod for catfishing.

See also

• noodling

Etymology 2

From the 2010 documentary Catfish, supposedly inspired by the practice of fishermen keeping cod active by storing them with catfish (see sense 1) which nip at their tails.

Noun

catfish (plural catfishes)

1. (Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
2. (Internet) Such a fake profile.

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Verb

catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)

1. (Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:catfish.

Translations

Derived terms

• wokefish
• blackfish

See also

• catshark

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.p??lu.s?/

Etymology 1

From the phrase "a Palouse horse", referring to the Palouse River near which they were first encountered by non-Native Americans. The river is named for the Palouse region; whether the region's name is (an anglicisation of) a francisation of the Sahaptin name of the Palus people or the people's name derives from a French designation of the region as pelouse is unclear.

Alternative forms

• Appaloosa

Noun

appaloosa (plural appaloosas)

1. (US) A breed of horse having a spotted rump.

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Etymology 2

Shortening of "Appaloosa cat" (itself a shortening of "Apaloosa catfish"), after the Appaloosa (Opelousa) tribe which resided in Louisiana. The tribe's name is Choctaw, the second element of it being losa (“black”); the first element is variously supposed to be a term for "head" or "skull", "leggings", "moccasins", or "body".

Alternative forms

• Appaloosa

Noun

appaloosa (plural appaloosas)

1. (Southern US) A catfish.

See also

• appaloosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• appaloosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

Portuguese

Noun

appaloosa m, f (plural appaloosas)

1. appaloosa (a breed of horse)