channel cat

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   freshwater food fish common throughout central United States

   Synonymschannel catfishIctalurus punctatus

   Broadercatfish

   Narrowerblue catfish

Questions about channel cat

What does channel cat mean?

channel cat means "freshwater food fish common throughout central United States".

What is another word for channel cat?

Close synonyms include channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is channel cat a common word?

channel cat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.