Associations to the word «Silurid»

Noun

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Wiktionary

SILURID, noun. Any catfish of the Siluridae family.

Dictionary definition

SILURID, noun. Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats