different between catfish vs silurid
catfish
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)
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)
- 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)
- (Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
- (Internet) Such a fake profile.
Translations
Verb
catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)
- (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
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silurid
English
Etymology
New Latin Siluridae
Noun
silurid (plural silurids)
- Any catfish of the Siluridae family.
Synonyms
- sheatfish (common name)
Translations
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