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Definition of Silurus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Siluridae, Siluridae
Member holonyms: European Catfish, Sheatfish, Silurus Glanis
Definition of Silurus
1. n. A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.
Medical Definition of Silurus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Silurus
Literary usage of Silurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"The head of the silurus is broad and flat, the mouth, which is very large, is
furnished ... The silurus has a voracious appetite, it seeks during the night, ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"salamander is so striking; and yet, he says, that he does not doubt but that the
fossil is a silurus, and that the head and fins are distinguishable in the ..."
3. Elements of natural philosophy by Golding Bird (1839)
"The others, including the gymnotus, tetraodon, silurus, ... The torpedo, gymnotus,
and silurus have been submitted to very careful investigation: the first, ..."
4. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal (1892)
"Die Verbreitung von silurus glanis L. in den stehenden Gewässern der europäischen
Alpenkette. Von Dr. Othmar Emil Imhof. Die Fischfauna der Binnengewässer ..."
5. Field Sports of the North of Europe: A Narrative of Angling, Hunting, and by Llewelyn Lloyd (1885)
"The Sly silurus—One of the largest of Fresh Water Fishes— ... The silurus, which
is not altogether dissimilar in appearance to the burbot, ..."
6. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"The others, including the gymnotus, tetraodon, silurus, ... The torpedo, gymnotus,
and silurus have been submitted to very careful investigation: the first, ..."
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