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Definition of Siluroid
1. n. 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.
Definition of Siluroid
1. Noun. (alternative form of silurid) ¹
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Definition of Siluroid
1. a silurid [n -S] - See also: silurid
Medical Definition of Siluroid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Siluroid
Literary usage of Siluroid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"This specimen is preserved in the British Museum, and the author has determined
that it is truly the imperfect head and pectoral arch of a siluroid. ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"THE Trustees of the British Museum have recently purchased a very large specimen
of a siluroid from the river Huallaga, Upper Amazons ; it had been captured ..."
3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Species of Polyacanthus inflict punctured wounds; and the serrated spines on the
tails of the skates cause lacerated wounds. The siluroid Thalasso- phryne ..."
4. Anatomical Names: Especially the Basle Nomina Anatomica ("BNA") by Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Roy Lee Moodie, Wilhelm His (1917)
"Pollard was one of the most promising young men in comparative anatomy, as
exemplified by his contributions on the comparative anatomy of Ganoid, siluroid ..."
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