silurus

2 definitions found

silurus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Silurus \Si*lu"rus\, n. [L. See Silure.] (Zool.)
     A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order
     Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and
     Asia.
     [1913 Webster]

silurus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Silurus
      n 1: type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes [syn: Silurus,
           genus Silurus]