Catfish is an English word with synonyms like wolffish. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Catfish meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Catfish
Using Catfish
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: mudcat, freshwater fish, wolffish, wolf fish.
- In the example corpus, catfish often appears in combinations such as: catfish and, of catfish, the catfish.
Context around Catfish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Catfish
- In this selection, "catfish" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, channel, walking, popular, order, citation and species stand out and add context to how "catfish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a large catfish that is and a proud catfish she has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "catfish" sits close to words such as abuser, acquires and agarwal, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with catfish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Local lakes & ponds are fairly decent with Catfish & crappie catches. (10 words)
Catfish are mid to lower lake on bulkheads and bridges on shad. (12 words)
The channel catfish is the most widespread and popular catfish species in North America. (14 words)
Yes sir, the catfish is preferable all around with just about everybody, from good ole boys to agri-hips to pin-stripe businessmen who know how to eat escargo with shrimp forks but who go after that smoking-hot catfish with their fingers. (43 words)
From fried catfish to rib-eye sandwiches, grilled sweet corn to fried chicken, and grilled cheese to pork burgers, the tent offers a wide array of delicious dishes made with ingredients grown and raised on Kentucky farms. (37 words)
This makes the catfish order the second or third most diverse vertebrate order; in fact, 1 out of every 20 vertebrate species is a catfish. citation The taxonomy of catfish is quickly changing. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
This makes the catfish order the second or third most diverse vertebrate order; in fact, 1 out of every 20 vertebrate species is a catfish. citation The taxonomy of catfish is quickly changing.
The channel catfish is the most widespread and popular catfish species in North America.
Yes sir, the catfish is preferable all around with just about everybody, from good ole boys to agri-hips to pin-stripe businessmen who know how to eat escargo with shrimp forks but who go after that smoking-hot catfish with their fingers.
Customers rate the whole catfish platter at Wayne's Catfish Haven as a favorite.
Channel Catfish – Fair: Recent surveys show good numbers of 17 -23 inch channel catfish.
Lake Tana supports a large fishing industry, mainly based on the Labeobarbus barbs (formerly in genus Barbus ), Nile tilapia and sharptooth catfish (a large catfish that is widespread in Africa).
Several walking catfish (Clariidae) and shark catfish (Pangasiidae) species are heavily cultured in Africa and Asia.
Walking catfish have also been introduced in the freshwaters of Florida, with the voracious catfish becoming a major alien pest there.
As well as confidently admitting she is a proud catfish, she has also admitted her unique technique to eye shadow too: “ I like tones on top of tones.
Catfish are mid to lower lake on bulkheads and bridges on shad.
Catfish po’ boys are perfect for sharing and celebrating togetherness, especially around my favorite holiday, Juneteenth.
From fried catfish to rib-eye sandwiches, grilled sweet corn to fried chicken, and grilled cheese to pork burgers, the tent offers a wide array of delicious dishes made with ingredients grown and raised on Kentucky farms.
He said the production tons for tilapia for the quarter was 28, catfish 93.6 and “capture fish” 400 from the four zones of Dormaa, Berekum, Sunyani and Wenchi.
Last month, we reported that Amy reacted to a catfish who used her photo for a Tinder profile.
Lee County native and Auburn University student Will Cowan received the Alabama Catfish Producers Scholarship during the Alabama Farmers Federation scholarship reception Sept. 25 at Lazenby Farms in Auburn.
Local lakes & ponds are fairly decent with Catfish & crappie catches.
Located in northern Louisiana, close to the Tangipahoa River, the shack also offers a variety of seafood sandwiches, po’boys, and seafood plates, based on fish and shellfish including flounder, catfish, and crab.
Rolling Fork is surrounded by an expanse of cotton, corn, and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds.
Sewell noted MD stocking efforts were not much more than food for perch, bluegill, crappie, and catfish, and not doing much to enhance the waters.
Some catfish are staying close to bulkheads waiting for the shad spawn to resume.
Common combinations with catfish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- catfish and 17×
- of catfish 13×
- the catfish 11×
- channel catfish 11×
- catfish are 9×
- and catfish 8×
- catfish is 7×
- catfish have 7×
- fried catfish 6×
- catfish that 5×