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Noun: armoured catfish
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: armored catfish)
  1. South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
    "The armoured catfish's tough exterior helps protect it from predators";
    - armored catfish [US]

Derived forms: armoured catfishes

Type of: catfish, siluriform fish

Part of: family Laricariidae, Laricariidae

Encyclopedia: Armoured catfish