SILURID

silurid, silurid fish

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

silurid (plural silurids)

Any catfish of the Siluridae family.

Synonyms

• sheatfish (common name)

Source: Wiktionary



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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