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Webster 1913 Edition


Silurus

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Si-lu′rus

,
Noun.
[L. See
Silure
.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.

Webster 1828 Edition


Silurus

SILU'RE

, SILU'RUS,
Noun.
The sheat-fish; also a name of the sturgeon.