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SEA CATFISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea catfish" is a kind of...):
catfish; siluriform fish (any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea catfish"):
crucifix fish (sea catfish of the Caribbean area)
Holonyms ("sea catfish" is a member of...):
Ariidae; family Ariidae (sea catfishes)