Category:Siluroid

Si*lu"roid, n. Etym: [silurus + -oid.] (zoöl.)

Defn: belonging to the siluroidei, or nematognathi, an order of Fishes including numerous species, among which are the american Catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the old world, As the sheatfish (silurus glanis) of europe. -- n.

Defn: a siluroid fish.