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talking catfish

talking catfish noun: any of the catfishes of the family Doradidae, able to produce sound by moving their pectoral spine or vibrating their swim bladder.

Noun

talking catfish (plural talking catfishes or talking catfish)

  1. Any of the catfishes of the family Doradidae, able to produce sound by moving their pectoral spine or vibrating their swim bladder.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see talking, catfish.
    • In one of the few unexpected moments in the film, she then consummates her newfound freedom in a brief but apparently satisfying cross-species love affair with a talking catfish.2012 March 12, Angela O'Hara, “Mysterious Object of Desire: The Haunted Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul”, in Philippa Gates, Lisa Funnell, editors, Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific...
    • It involves a princess despondent over her looks who is literally seduced by a talking catfish.2017, Jim VandenBosch, ““Heaven Is Overrated”: Two Movies That Posit Life Beyond Death”, in The Gerontologist, volume 57, number 5, Oxford University Press US, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 998–1000

Forms of talking catfish

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Questions about talking catfish

What does talking catfish mean?
Talking catfish means any of the catfishes of the family Doradidae, able to produce sound by moving their pectoral spine or vibrating their swim bladder.
What part of speech is talking catfish?
Talking catfish is a noun.
What is the plural of talking catfish?
The plural of talking catfish is talking catfishes.

Words near talking catfish in the dictionary

  1. talking blues
  2. talking board
  3. talking boards
  4. talking book
  5. talking books
  6. talking catfish
  7. talking catfishes
  8. talking circle
  9. talking circles
  10. talking clock
  11. talking clocks

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