siluroid

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siluroid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Siluroid \Si*lu"roid\, n. [Silurus + -oid.] (Zool.)
     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.
     -- n. A siluroid fish.
     [1913 Webster]