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Definition of: silurid
(si·l
r′id, sī-) noun
Any one of a large family of fishes (Siluridae), the catfishes, including many fresh-water food fishes of the United States.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the Siluridae. Also si·lu′roid. [<NL Siluridae, name of the family <L silurus a river fish <Gk. silouros]
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