silurid

si·lu·rid  (s-lrd, s-)

adj.

Of or belonging to the family Siluridae, which includes various freshwater catfishes of Europe and Asia, typically having a short dorsal fin and a long anal fin.

n.

A silurid fish.

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[From New Latin Silridae, family name, from Latin silrus, a large freshwater fish, from Greek silouros, sheatfish; see ors- in Indo-European roots.]

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silurid [saɪˈlʊərɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any freshwater teleost fish of the Eurasian family Siluridae, including catfish, such as Silurus glanis (European catfish), that have an elongated body, naked skin, and a long anal fin

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Siluridae

[from Latin silūrus, from Greek silouros a river fish]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

silurid - Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin silurid fish siluriform fish, catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth family Siluridae, Siluridae - Old World catfishes European catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis - large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe electric catfish, Malopterurus electricus - freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ