Definition of Genus silurus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes.

Exact synonyms: Silurus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Siluridae, Siluridae
Member holonyms: European Catfish, Sheatfish, Silurus Glanis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Silurus

genus Seseli
genus Setaria
genus Setophaga
genus Shigella
genus Shorea
genus Shortia
genus Sialia
genus Sialis
genus Sida
genus Sidalcea
genus Sideritis
genus Sigmodon
genus Silene
genus Sillago
genus Silphium
genus Silurus
genus Silvia
genus Silybum
genus Simarouba
genus Simulium
genus Sinanthropus
genus Sinapis
genus Sinningia
genus Sinornis
genus Siren
genus Sison
genus Sistrurus
genus Sisymbrium
genus Sisyrinchium
genus Sitophylus

Literary usage of Genus silurus

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

1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1842)
"Several examples of the restricted genus 'Silurus are found in Asia. Cuvier separates from the typical Siluri, as a genus, ..."

2. History of the British Colonies by Robert Montgomery Martin (1834)
"The Low Low (of the genus Silurus)-\ is the largest fish of the tropical rivers, very often measures twelve feet in length, weighing upwards of two cwt.; ..."

3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"This genus is founded by Agassiz on certain species found in Brazil, which in their affinities approach the genus Silurus, but are distinguished by the ..."

4. On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. by William Swainson (1838)
"We may enter the genus Silurus by the Silurus garua of Dr. Hamilton, which forms the type of our sub-genus ..."

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