Catfish

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), ·etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. ·see Bullhrad.