silurus glanis

3 definitions found

silurus glanis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sheatfish \Sheat"fish`\, n. [Cf. dial. G. scheid, schaid,
     schaiden.] (Zool.)
     A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the
     cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe,
     sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See
     Siluroid.
     [1913 Webster]

  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]

silurus glanis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Silurus glanis
      n 1: large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe [syn:
           European catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis]