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silurid
[ si-loor-id, sahy- ]
noun
- any of numerous Old World freshwater fishes of the family Siluridae, comprising the catfishes.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the family Siluridae.
silurid
/ ²õ²¹ÉªËˆ±ôÊŠÉ™°ùɪ»å /
noun
- any freshwater teleost fish of the Eurasian family Siluridae, including catfish, such as Silurus glanis ( European catfish ), that have an elongated body, naked skin, and a long anal fin
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the family Siluridae
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of silurid1
C19: from Latin ²õ¾±±ôÅ«°ù³Ü²õ, from Greek silouros a river fish
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Sheat-fish, shēt′-fish, n. a fish of the family Silurid�, the great catfish of central Europe.
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Some certainly live parasitically in the gill-cavity of large Silurids, and F. Silvestri has observed Stegophilus insidiosus to suck the blood in the gills of Platystoma coruscans, a Silurid growing to a length of 6 ft.
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