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SILURUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes

Synonyms:

genus Silurus; Silurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Silurus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Silurus"):

European catfish; sheatfish; Silurus glanis (large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe)

Holonyms ("Silurus" is a member of...):

family Siluridae; Siluridae (Old World catfishes)

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