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Webster 1913 Edition

Silure

Si-lure′

,

Noun.

[L.

silurus

a sort of river fish, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]: cf. F.

silure

.]

(Zool.)

A fish of the genus

Silurus

, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.

Webster 1828 Edition

Silure

SILU'RE

, SILU'RUS,

Noun.

The sheat-fish; also a name of the sturgeon.