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catfish

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Synonyms: cattish, hatfish, batfish, ratfish, cat-fish, cat fish

Antonyms: cattish, hatfish, batfish, ratfish, cat-fish, cat fish

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Noun

  1. Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
  2. The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.

Verb

  1. To fish for catfish.
    • I only use this rod for catfishing.

Noun

  1. Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
  2. Such a false profile.

Verb

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

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