'Silurus glanis' definitions:

Definition of 'Silurus glanis'

noun

Large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe [syn: European catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis]

From: GCIDE

Sheatfish \Sheat"fish`\, n. [Cf. dial. G. scheid, schaid, schaiden.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]

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]