malopterurus

3 definitions found

malopterurus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Malopterurus \Malopterurus\ prop. n. [NL., from Gr. malako`s
     soft + ptero`n wing + o'yra` tail.] (Zool.)
     A variant spelling of Malapterurus.
     [PJC]

  Malapterurus \Mal*ap`te*ru"rus\
     (m[a^]l*[a^]p`t[-e]*r[udd]"r[u^]s), prop. n. [NL., from Gr.
     malako`s soft + ptero`n wing + o'yra` tail.] (Zool.)
     A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric
     catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric. [Sometimes
     spelled Malopterurus.]
     [1913 Webster]

malopterurus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Malopterurus
      n 1: electric catfish [syn: Malopterurus, genus Malopterurus
           ]