sheat-fishn.

Brit.

/ˈʃiːtfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈʃitˌfɪʃ/

Forms: Also sheath-fish /ˈʃiːθ-/, sheet-.

Etymology: The earlier form sheath-fish is probably < sheath n.¹, after the German schaid(e , scheid(e (masculine) (now scheiden masculine; Old High German had sceida feminine), which Gesner De Piscibus (1558) regarded as cognate with scheide feminine sheath n.¹, supposing that the fish was named from some resemblance in shape to a cavalry scabbard. The later sheat-fish seems to be < German scheidfisch ( < scheid: see above), though that compound appears in Grimm only with a reference to Frisch (1741). The etymology of German scheid(e, scheiden is unknown.

a. A large freshwater fish, Silurus glanis, common in the Danube and other rivers of eastern Europe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > genus Silurus (sheat-fish)

whale of the river1585

sheat-fish1589

river-whale1601

Silurus1601

sheath-fish1602

nimble-taila1661

shoat-fish1705

wels1880

α.

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1723 A sheath fish, or whale of the river, stella.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. li. 266 The male sheath-fish or riuer-whale Silurus.

1815 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. II. 343 A species nearly allied to our silurus glanis, or sheath-fish, which in the systema naturæ is given as an inhabitant of the Nile.

β. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Silure, the rauening sheat fish, or whall of the riuer.1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 128 Silurus Rondeletii... The Sheat-fish.1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 26 At Aleppo, the gall of the sheet fish, Silurus Glanis..was in particular request.1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. x. 211 A mighty sheat-fish smokes upon the festive board.1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. II. i. 30 I succeeded in hooking three large sheatfish.

b. In extended use, as a name for the order Siluridæ or for a subdivision of it which includes the genus Silurus. (See quots.)

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > member of (cat-fish)

sheath-fish1602

catfish1620

silure1802

roundhead1828

siluridan1835

silurian1842

sheat-fish1851

siluroid1851

nematognath1890

silurid1891

α.

1881 Günther in Encycl. Brit. XII. 649/2 The electric sheath-fish of tropical Africa (Malapterurus).

β. 1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 227 Siluridæ. (Sheat-fishes.)1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 106 Mailed Sheat-Fishes (Loricariidæ).1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 106 Naked Sheat-Fishes (Pimelodidæ).1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 107 True Sheat-Fishes (Siluridæ) [etc.].1883 F. Day Indian Fish 31 Of the sheat-fish, or scaleless siluroids, we have twenty-six genera.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sheat-fish
释义	sheat-fishn. Brit. /ˈʃiːtfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈʃitˌfɪʃ/ Forms: Also sheath-fish /ˈʃiːθ-/, sheet-. Etymology: The earlier form sheath-fish is probably < sheath n.¹, after the German schaid(e , scheid(e (masculine) (now scheiden masculine; Old High German had sceida feminine), which Gesner De Piscibus (1558) regarded as cognate with scheide feminine sheath n.¹, supposing that the fish was named from some resemblance in shape to a cavalry scabbard. The later sheat-fish seems to be < German scheidfisch ( < scheid: see above), though that compound appears in Grimm only with a reference to Frisch (1741). The etymology of German scheid(e, scheiden is unknown. a. A large freshwater fish, Silurus glanis, common in the Danube and other rivers of eastern Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > genus Silurus (sheat-fish) whale of the river1585 sheat-fish1589 river-whale1601 Silurus1601 sheath-fish1602 nimble-taila1661 shoat-fish1705 wels1880 α. 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1723 A sheath fish, or whale of the river, stella. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. li. 266 The male sheath-fish or riuer-whale Silurus. 1815 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. II. 343 A species nearly allied to our silurus glanis, or sheath-fish, which in the systema naturæ is given as an inhabitant of the Nile. β. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Silure, the rauening sheat fish, or whall of the riuer.1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 128 Silurus Rondeletii... The Sheat-fish.1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 26 At Aleppo, the gall of the sheet fish, Silurus Glanis..was in particular request.1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. x. 211 A mighty sheat-fish smokes upon the festive board.1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. II. i. 30 I succeeded in hooking three large sheatfish. b. In extended use, as a name for the order Siluridæ or for a subdivision of it which includes the genus Silurus. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > member of (cat-fish) sheath-fish1602 catfish1620 silure1802 roundhead1828 siluridan1835 silurian1842 sheat-fish1851 siluroid1851 nematognath1890 silurid1891 α. 1881 Günther in Encycl. Brit. XII. 649/2 The electric sheath-fish of tropical Africa (Malapterurus). β. 1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 227 Siluridæ. (Sheat-fishes.)1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 106 Mailed Sheat-Fishes (Loricariidæ).1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 106 Naked Sheat-Fishes (Pimelodidæ).1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 107 True Sheat-Fishes (Siluridæ) [etc.].1883 F. Day Indian Fish 31 Of the sheat-fish, or scaleless siluroids, we have twenty-six genera. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1589
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