silurid
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si·lu·rid
(sĭ-lo͝or′ĭd, sī-)adj.
n.
Any of various freshwater catfishes of the family Siluridae of Eurasia, typically having a long anal fin.
[From New Latin Silūridae, family name, from Latin silūrus, a large freshwater fish, from Greek silouros, sheatfish; see ors- in Indo-European roots.]
si·lu′rid adj.
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silurid
(saɪˈlʊərɪd)n
(Animals) 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
adj
(Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Siluridae
[C19: from Latin silūrus, from Greek silouros a river fish]
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| Noun | 1. | silurid - Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin siluriform fish, catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth family Siluridae, Siluridae - Old World catfishes electric catfish, Malopterurus electricus - freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ |
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