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SILURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Silurus mean?
• SILURUS (noun)
The noun SILURUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
Familiarity information: SILURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Silurus; Silurus
Hypernyms ("Silurus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Silurus"):
European catfish; sheatfish; Silurus glanis (large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe)
Holonyms ("Silurus" is a member of...):
family Siluridae; Siluridae (Old World catfishes)
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