siluroid

Si*lu"roid, n. Etym: [Silurus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Defn: Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe. -- n. Defn: A siluroid fish.

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