channel catfish
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- /ˈtʃænəl ˈkætˌfɪʃ/
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pez gato canal
- Channel catfish are raised in densely populated ponds, where algae and bacteria thrive on the large amounts of nutrients that are available.
- channel catfish and tilapia
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Freshwater aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. agricultural economy, and channel catfish production accounts for 70 percent of all freshwater aquaculture earnings.
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I love to fish for walleye, crappie, and channel catfish.
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The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates that the 2001 farmgate revenue for channel catfish was about $470 million.
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Channel catfish are harvested on commercial farms in the United States with long nets pulled by tractor and hydraulic net reels.
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Though Zimba and his collaborators have made great strides in charting the year-to-year biological succession of various microorganisms in a channel catfish pond, the details are still a little unclear.
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Many anglers enjoy fishing for channel catfish in local rivers during the summer months.
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Farmers in the area often raise channel catfish for their tender and flavorful meat.
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The lake is well-known for its large population of channel catfish, making it a popular spot for fishing enthusiasts.
Synonyms
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A fish with whisker-like feelers often eaten as food
A freshwater catfish often found in rivers and eaten as food
A common North American freshwater catfish often caught for food
A group of North American catfish that live in lakes and rivers, like the channel catfish
A group of North American freshwater catfish like channel catfish
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a species/kind of catfish associated with channels or waterways' is directly compositional from 'channel' (waterway) + 'catfish' (a type of fish): it names a subtype of catfish. This noun–noun naming pattern for animals is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would reasonably infer the MWE refers to a kind of catfish found in channels.
Etymology
Channel catfish may get its name from where the fish lives and how it looks. One popular idea is that these fish like the deep part of a river called a 'channel', and they also have thin, channel-like marks on their skin, so people put channel and catfish together to name this type of fish.