siluren.
/sɪˈljʊə/ Ichthyology.
A siluroid fish, esp. the sheat-fish ( Silurus glanis). In Shaw's Gen. Zool. (1804) V. i. 9–27 several species are enumerated.
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1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 21 The silures and sterlets, a smaller species of sturgeon, are caught only in the spring.
1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 10 European Silure. Silurus Glanis... The great or common Silure may perhaps be considered as the largest of all European river fishes.
1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 20 Rufous Silure... Native of South America.
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