catfish

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cat=fish

CIDE DICTIONARY

catfish, n. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catfish, n. any of various esp. freshwater fish, usu. having whisker-like barbels round the mouth.