sheatfish
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sheat·fish
(shēt′fĭsh′)n. pl. sheatfish or sheat·fish·es
A large freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis) of Eurasia, having a wide mouth and long barbels on the upper jaw. Also called wels catfish.
[Alteration of obsolete sheathfish : sheath (translation of German Scheide, sheath, sheathfish) + fish.]
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sheatfish
(ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ)n, pl -fish or -fishes
(Animals) the European catfish. See silurid 1
[C16: variant of sheathfish; perhaps influenced by German Schaid sheatfish; see sheath, fish]
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Noun 1. [画像:sheatfish - large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe]sheatfish - large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
silurid, silurid fish - Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
genus Silurus, Silurus - type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
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