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Definition of Silurids
1. silurid [n] - See also: silurid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silurids
Literary usage of Silurids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1906)
"Of the twenty silurids, some are widely distributed species, others are common
to the Nile or to the /ambesi, whilst among thb species with a restricted ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The genus Arius is composed of a great number of species and has the widest
distribution of all silurids, being represented in almost all tropical countries ..."
3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1867)
"The family of silurids or cat-fishes is a very large one, embracing species found
within the seas and fresh waters of almost all temperate and tropical ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Their small siz< notwithstanding, these silurids are well known to the ...
Some certainly live parasitically in the gill-cavil y of large silurids, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... is simply a blind representative of the ordinary type of silurids, characteristic
of North America, and is not to be arranged with the exotic groups. ..."
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