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siluroid
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siluroid, n. [Silurus + -oid.].
Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis ) of Europe. [1913 Webster]
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