Synonyms for catfish
Most common
river chicken sheat sheat-fish catlet wolf fish mud cat catfisher
All synonyms
Noun
1. River chicken — any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like…
Definitions
- n. 1
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
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Forms
- Plural
- catfishes → sheats, sheat-fishes, catlets, catfishers…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| catfish | falling | |
| sheat | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sheat
- 6 letters
- catlet
- 9 letters
- catfisher