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banjo catfish

noun

Etymology

From banjo + catfish. With a short head and wide body, some look banjo-shaped from above.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. compounded as catfish — “cat + fish”
  7. compounded as banjo catfish — “banjo + catfish”

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of small tropical catfish in the family Aspredinidae, especially the…

    Any of a number of small tropical catfish in the family Aspredinidae, especially the popular aquarium species Bunocephalus coracoideus

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