cat·fish
[ˈkatˌfiSH]
NOUN
catfishes (plural noun)
a freshwater or marine fish with whiskerlike barbels around the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling.
another term for wolffish.
VERB
catfishes (third person present) · catfished (past tense) · catfished (past participle) · catfishing (present participle)
(catfishing) fish for catfish: "with the Mississippi River far below its normal level, the catfishing kept getting better and better"
US informal lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona: CBF