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Etymology

From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”).

inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
inherited from *fisk✻
inherited from fisċ — “fish”
inherited from fisch
compounded as catfish — “cat + fish”

Definitions

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and…
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
3
To fish for catfish.
- I only use this rod for catfishing.
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1. 4
  Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
  - Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said.
2. Such a false profile.
3. 6
  To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
  - Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members.
  - [to Abed] You made a profile for a fake dude and lured her into an online relationship. [to Annie] He's catfishing you.

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Derived

African glass catfish, African sharptooth catfish, airbreathing catfish, airsac catfish, banjo catfish, blue catfish, bumblebee catfish, cat, catfish effect, channel catfish, Chao Phraya giant catfish, cuckoo catfish, Danube catfish, driftwood catfish, electric catfish, flathead catfish, ghost catfish, holy catfish, leopard catfish, mailed catfish, mudcat, naked catfish, North American freshwater catfish, Pac-Man catfish, shark catfish, stinging catfish, striped catfish, Striped Raphael catfish, suffering catfish, talking catfish, thorny catfish, three line catfish, upside-down catfish, walking catfish, wels catfish, whale catfish, widemouth blindcat, catfisher, Chadfish, cockfish · +1 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for catfish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.