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单词 sheatfish
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sheatfish

[ sheet-fish ]
/ ˈʃitˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural sheat·fish·es, (especially collectively) sheat·fish.

a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kilograms).

Origin of sheatfish

First recorded in 1580–90; earlier sheath-fish; sheath is erroneous translation of German Scheide “sheatfish”

Words nearby sheatfish

shear stud, shear transformation, shearwater, shear wave, shear zone, sheatfish, sheath, sheathbill, sheathe, sheathing, sheath knife
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British Dictionary definitions for sheatfish

sheatfish
/ (ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

the European catfishSee silurid (def. 1)

Word Origin for sheatfish

C16: variant of sheathfish; perhaps influenced by German Schaid sheatfish; see sheath, fish
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