Silurus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silurus \Si*lu"rus\, n. [L. See {Silure}.] (Zool.)
     A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order
     Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and
     Asia.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Silurus
       n : type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes [syn: {genus Silurus}]