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Siluridae

noun
1.
Old World catfishes.  Synonym: family Siluridae.





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... name is applied in the Old World to various fishes of the family Siluridae, and also to the Wolf-fish of Europe and North America. It arises from the resemblance of the teeth in some cases or the projecting "whiskers" in others, to those of a cat. In Victoria and New South Wales it is a fresh-water fish, Copidoglanis tandanus, Mitchell, brought abundantly ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris


Words linked to "Siluridae" :   genus Silurus, Silurus, order Siluriformes, silurid fish, Siluriformes, genus Malopterurus, fish family, Malopterurus, silurid, family Siluridae


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