'Siluroid' definitions:
Definition of 'Siluroid'
From: GCIDE
- Siluroid \Si*lu"roid\, n. [Silurus + -oid.] (Zool.) 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. A siluroid fish. [1913 Webster]