Noun: armored catfish
Usage: US (elsewhere: armoured catfish)
Usage: US (elsewhere: armoured catfish)
- South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
"The armored catfish's tough exterior helps protect it from predators";
- armoured catfish [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: armored catfishes
Type of: catfish, siluriform fish
Part of: family Laricariidae, Laricariidae
Encyclopedia: Armored catfish