Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis) of Eurasia, having a wide mouth and long barbels on the upper jaw.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the family Siluridæ, especially Silurus glanis, the great catfish of central and eastern Europe, the largest fresh-water fish of Europe except the sturgeons, attaining a weight of 300 or 400 pounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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. Seesiluroid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several large,
freshwater catfish , of the genusSilurus , found in theDanube and other Eastern Europeanrivers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Alteration of obsolete sheathfish : sheath (translation of German Scheide, sheath, sheathfish) + fish.]
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sheath + fish (Can we verify(+) this etymology?)
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Examples
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The newt swims by means of its feet and tail; and its tail resembles that of the sheatfish, to compare little with great.
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For, with the exception of the sheatfish, no fish keeps on guard; unless, by the way, it be the carp, which is said to remain on guard, if it so happen that its spawn lies in a solid mass.
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The sheatfish is destroyed in great quantities in shallow waters by the serpent called the dragon.
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Although fish are no longer plentiful owing to the disruption over time of the lake's ecological balance and increasing saltiness due to excessive evaporation, species such as eel, bass, grey mullet and sheatfish are still encountered.
Turkish Press 2009
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