sheatfish

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Etymology

Alteration of obsolete sheathfish.

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sheatfish (plural sheatfishes or sheatfish)

  1. A wels catfish (Silurus glanis), the largest freshwater fish in Europe.
  2. Any catfish of genus Silurus.
  3. Any of the species in family Siluridae, including:
    1. Wallago species, found in the Danube and other Eastern European rivers
    2. Micronema species
    3. Phalacronotus species

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