Si*lu"roid (?), n. [Silurus +
-oid.] (Zoöl.) 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.
Si*lu"roid (?), n. [Silurus +
-oid.] (Zoöl.) 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.