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Webster 1913 Edition
Catfish
Cat′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes;
as, the
This name is also sometimes applied to 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. wolf fish
. See Bullhrad
.