Definition of Ameiurus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ameiurus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Ameiuridae, Family Ameiuridae
Member holonyms: Bullhead, Bullhead Catfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ameiurus

Ambrosiaceae
Ambrosian
Ambu bag
Ambulas
Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystoma mexicanum
Ambystoma talpoideum
Ambystoma tigrinum
Amdang
Amdo Tibetan
Ameche
Ameches
Amedeo Avogadro
Amedeo Modigliano
Ameiuridae
Ameiurus (current term)
Ameiurus Melas
Amelanchier
Amelanchier alnifolia
Amelanchier bartramiana
Amele
Amelia Earhart
Amen
Amen-Ra
Amenhotep IV
Amentiferae
Amer.
Amerasian
Amerasians

Literary usage of Ameiurus

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

1. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"377). Ictalurus anguilla: Eel or Willow Cat. Ameiurus catus: White or Channel Cat or Catfish. (Ictalurus albidus, P-378.) Ameiurus lacustris : Flannel-mouth ..."

2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"No species of catfish is native to the fresh waters of the Pacific Coast of the United States, though 2 species, Ameiurus nebulosas and ..."

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