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Webster 1913 Edition

Silurus

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Si-lu′rus

,
Noun.
[L. See
Silure
.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.

Webster 1828 Edition

Silurus

SILU'RE

, SILU'RUS,
Noun.
The sheat-fish; also a name of the sturgeon.

Definition 2024

Silurus

Silurus

See also: silurus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Silurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Siluridae – the sheatfish.

See also

  • Silurus glanis

silurus

silurus

See also: Silurus

English

Noun

silurus ‎(plural siluri or siluruses)

  1. (zoology) Any fish of the genus Silurus; a sheatfish.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίλουρος ‎(sílouros).

Noun

silūrus m ‎(genitive silūrī); second declension

  1. sheatfish

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative silūrus silūrī
genitive silūrī silūrōrum
dative silūrō silūrīs
accusative silūrum silūrōs
ablative silūrō silūrīs
vocative silūre silūrī

References

Etymology

Latin silurus < Ancient Greek σίλουρος ‎(sílouros).

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