channel catfish

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channel catfish

noun

Definition of CHANNEL CATFISH

: a large black-spotted catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) that is an important freshwater food fish of the United States and Canada —called also channel cat

First Known Use of CHANNEL CATFISH

1820

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