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sheatfish

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sheat·fish  (shtfsh)
n. pl. sheatfish or sheat·fish·es
A very large freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis) of central and eastern Europe and western Asia.
[Alteration of obsolete sheathfish : sheath (translation of German Scheide, sheath, sheathfish) + fish.]
sheatfish [ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for European catfish (see silurid (sense 1))
[variant of sheathfish; perhaps influenced by German Schaid sheatfish; see sheath, fish]
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Noun1.sheatfishsheatfish - large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
European catfish, Silurus glanis
silurid, silurid fish - Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
genus Silurus, Silurus - type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes


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