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catfish n also cat OED ~ 1 (Nfld: 1620-), cat
sb1 (1796-); DC (Nfld: 1620). Atlantic wolffish; spotted wolffish;
(Anarhichas lupus, A. minor).
[1578] 1935 Richard
Hakluyt 129 [Parkhurst's letter:] As touching the kindes of fish beside Cod, there
are Herrings, Salmons, Thornebacke, Plase, or rather wee should call them Flounders, Dog
fish, and another most excellent of taste called of us a Cat, Oisters, and Muskles.
[1620] 1887 MASON 152 ... a kinde of fish [called] Catfish. 1628 HAYMAN1 37
Dogs and Cats are fishes so call'd. [1866] LLOYD 62 Although trawls are set for cod
alone, they gather of every kind—halibut, haddock, catfish, dogfish, and other
varieties. 1972 NEMEC 83 Besides cod, the sea also provides several other useful or
valuable species, including flounder or sole, wolf or cat fish.
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