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talking catfishes

talking catfishes is the plural of talking catfish.

Meaning of talking catfish

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...

Questions about talking catfishes

What is talking catfishes the plural of?
Talking catfishes is the plural of talking catfish.

Words near talking catfishes in the dictionary

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

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