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sheatfish
sheat·fish S0326100 (shēt′fĭsh′)n. pl. sheatfish or sheat·fish·es A large freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis) of Eurasia, having a wide mouth and long barbels on the upper jaw. Also called wels catfish.
[Alteration of obsolete sheathfish : sheath (translation of German Scheide, sheath, sheathfish) + fish.]sheatfish (ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) the European catfish. See silurid1[C16: variant of sheathfish; perhaps influenced by German Schaid sheatfish; see sheath, fish]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sheatfish - large elongated catfish of central and eastern EuropeEuropean catfish, Silurus glanissilurid, silurid fish - Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fingenus Silurus, Silurus - type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes |
Translationssheatfish
sheatfish: see catfishcatfish,
common name applied to members of the fish families constituting the order Siluriformes, found in fresh and coastal waters. Catfish are named for the barbels ("whiskers") around their mouths and have scaleless skins, fleshy, rayless posterior fins, and sharp defensive
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Related to sheatfish: catfishSynonyms for sheatfishnoun large elongated catfish of central and eastern EuropeSynonyms- European catfish
- Silurus glanis
Related Words- silurid
- silurid fish
- genus Silurus
- Silurus
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