Definition of Siluridae

1. Noun. Old World catfishes.

Exact synonyms: Family Siluridae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Siluriformes, Siluriformes
Member holonyms: Silurid, Silurid Fish, Genus Silurus, Silurus, Genus Malopterurus, Malopterurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siluridae

Silicon Valley
Silicon Wadi
Silistra
Silk Road
Sillaginidae
Sillago
Sills
Silly Billies
Silly Billy
Silphium
Silphium laciniatum
Silteplase
Silurian
Silurian period
Siluridae (current term)
Siluriformes
Silurus glanis
Silvanus
Silver
Silver-Russell dwarfism
Silver-Russell syndrome
Silver City
Silver Star
Silver Star Medal
Silver State
Silverman illuminator
Silverskiold's syndrome
Silverstein

Literary usage of Siluridae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"Family Siluridae, Bonap. The body is covered with a naked skin, or else protected with ... Siluridae, BONAP. Sagg. distr. meth. anim. vertebr. 1831, 114. ..."

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