Usually means: Freshwater fish, whiskers resemble cat's.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. catfishes: Merriam-Webster
  2. catfishes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catfishes: Collins English Dictionary
  4. catfishes: Vocabulary.com
  5. catfishes: Wordnik
  6. catfishes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. catfishes: Wiktionary
  8. catfishes: Dictionary.com
  9. catfishes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. catfishes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. catfishes: Encyclopedia

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  2. catfishes: Medical dictionary

(Note: See catfish as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (catfish)

noun:  Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
noun:  The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
verb:  (intransitive) To fish for catfish.
noun:  (Internet) Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
noun:  (Internet) Such a false profile.
verb:  (Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
▸ Also see catfish


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