Siluroid

siluroid

(Science: marine biology) Belonging to the siluroidei, or nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh water species of the old world, as the sheatfish (silurus glanis) of Europe.

Origin: Silurus.

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