六须鲇

[ noun ]
large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
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Sheatfish \Sheat"fish`\, n. [Cf. dial. G. scheid, schaid,
schaiden.] (Zo["o]l.)
A European siluroid fish ({Silurus glanis}) allied to the
cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe,
sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See
{Siluroid}.


Siluroid \Si*lu"roid\, n. [Silurus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
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. A siluroid fish.