cockfish noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.Spawning fish on the redds. A henfish will often be attended by two or three cockfish – whilst displaying ritual combat between themselves, one cock will mate, others may follow [image caption] — 2005 •(Internet, vulgar) A person who cockfishes.So while a catfish might misrepresent their entire identity - including even stealing photographs from someone else's profile - a cockfish focuses on one specific body part. — 2019 •A callorhinchid fish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, native to South America. •A cyprinid fish, Hypselobarbus dubius, native to India. verb1 •(Internet, vulgar) To deceive others by using fake photos of one’s genitalia. formscockfished · cockfishing · cockfishes