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Definition of Silurid
1. Noun. Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin.
Exact synonyms: Silurid Fish
Generic synonyms: Catfish, Siluriform Fish
Group relationships: Family Siluridae, Siluridae
Specialized synonyms: European Catfish, Sheatfish, Silurus Glanis, Electric Catfish, Malopterurus Electricus
Generic synonyms: Catfish, Siluriform Fish
Group relationships: Family Siluridae, Siluridae
Specialized synonyms: European Catfish, Sheatfish, Silurus Glanis, Electric Catfish, Malopterurus Electricus
Definition of Silurid
1. Noun. Any catfish of the ''Siluridae'' family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silurid
1. any of a family of catfishes [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silurid
Literary usage of Silurid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"For a knowledge of the first genus of blind silurid from our country, I am indebted
to my friend Jacob ..."
2. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"silurid^E. (THE CAT-FISHES.) Body more or less elongate, naked or with bony
plates ; margin of ... silurid ..."
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