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catfish

noun verb

Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

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Word length
7
Starts with
C
Ends with
H
Contains
AT
Scrabble score
15
CEFR level
B2

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noun

  1. Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

noun

  1. Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins

noun

  1. Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

verb

  1. To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity

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