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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. -- n.

An order of fishes, the Nematognathi.

A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.

A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.…

oppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn. -- Horned pout (Zoöl.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. -- Horned rattler (Zoöl.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also…

A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric.

An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.

Any marine siluroid fish, as Ælurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America.

A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat- fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid.

A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.

Any fish of the family Silurid or of the order Siluroidei.

A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.