armored catfish

/ˌɑrmərd ˌkætˈfɪʃ/
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Definitions of armored catfish
  1. noun
    South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
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    type of:
    catfish, siluriform fish
    any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
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