Definition of European catfish

1. Noun. Large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe.

Exact synonyms: Sheatfish, Silurus Glanis
Generic synonyms: Silurid, Silurid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Silurus, Silurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of European Catfish

European bison
European bisons
European bittern
European black alder
European black currant
European black grouse
European blackbird
European blueberry
European bog asphodel
European box
European bream
European brooklime
European brown bat
European bullhead
European bullheads
European catfish (current term)
European chestnut
European corn borer
European country
European cranberry
European cranberry bush
European cranberrybush
European creeper
European cuckoo
European curlew
European dewberry
European dogtooth
European dragon
European dragons

Literary usage of European catfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1867)
"Fishes closely related to each in other families are differentiated likewise by the presence or absence of such a fin, the European catfish, ..."

2. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1867)
"Fishes closely related to each in other families are differentiated likewise by the presence or absence of such a fin, tho European catfish, for example, ..."

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