catfish#1 (n)
siluriform fish (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
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Hypernym soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
Member holonym Siluriformes, order Siluriformes
Hyponym silurid, silurid fish; bullhead, bullhead catfish; channel catfish, channel cat, Ictalurus punctatus; flathead catfish, mudcat, goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivaris; armored catfish; sea catfish
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Hyponym soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
Member meronym Siluriformes, order Siluriformes
Hypernym silurid, silurid fish; bullhead, bullhead catfish; channel catfish, channel cat, Ictalurus punctatus; flathead catfish, mudcat, goujon, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish, Pylodictus olivaris; armored catfish; sea catfish

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