cuckoo catfish

English

Noun

cuckoo catfish (plural cuckoo catfish)

  1. Synodontis multipunctatus, a small African catfish that lays eggs among the eggs of a cichlid, to be taken care of by the cichlid.
  2. Any of a few other species of Synodontis, such as S. petricola, that are also brood parasites.

Synonyms
  • multipunk

Hypernyms
  • upside-down catfish
  • syno
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