silurid vs catfish
catfish vs siluridsilurid and catfish both are nouns.
silurid is not a verb while catfish is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| silurid | Yes | No | No | No |
| catfish | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
catfish is a hypernym of
silurid; that is, catfish is a
word with a broader meaning than silurid:
- silurid: Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
- catfish: any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
Other hypernyms of silurid include
siluriform fish.
| silurid (noun) | catfish (noun) |
|---|---|
| Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin | any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth |
| large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins | |
| flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed |
| silurid (verb) | catfish (verb) |
|---|---|
| To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity |
Words related to "silurid"
Words related to "catfish"
- Anarhichas
- Ictalurus punctatus
- Pylodictus olivaris
- Siluriformes
- armored catfish
- betray
- blennioid
- blennioid fish
- bullhead
- bullhead catfish
- channel cat
- channel catfish
- deceive
- flathead catfish
- freshwater fish
- genus Anarhichas
- goujon
- lead astray
- malacopterygian
- mudcat
- order Siluriformes
- sea catfish
- shovelnose catfish
- silurid
- silurid fish
- siluriform fish
- soft-finned fish
- spoonbill catfish
- wolf fish
- wolffish
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