welsn.
/wɛls//vɛls/ = sheat-fish n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > genus Silurus (sheat-fish)
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wels1880
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 565 The species which has given the name to the whole family is the ‘Wels’ of the Germans, Silurus glanis.
1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. ix. 182 The huge sheatfish, or wels,..next to the sturgeon, is the largest river fish in Europe.
1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes vii. 138 The Wels or Glanis..of Europe normally feeds on fishes, frogs, and crustaceans.
1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 221/2 Wels have been introduced in a number of private lakes in southern England.
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