sheatfish

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noun

A wels catfish (Silurus glanis), the largest freshwater fish in Europe.

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Meanings

nounsheatfish (plural sheatfishes or sheatfish)

plural sheatfishes · alternative sheat-fish

  1. A wels catfish (Silurus glanis), the largest freshwater fish in Europe.
  2. Any catfish of genus Silurus.
  3. Any of the species in family Siluridae, including:
    1. Wallago species, found in the Danube and other Eastern European rivers
    2. Micronema species
    3. Phalacronotus species

Synonyms & antonyms

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sheat

nounlarge elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe

Similar
European catfishSilurus glanis
Broader
siluridsilurid fish
Also see
catfishsiluridwels catfish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Alteration of obsolete sheathfish.

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Translations

Ancient Greek γλάνις
  • γλάνις (glánis)fish of the genus Silurus
Bengali মাগুর
  • মাগুর (magur)fish of the genus Silurus
Bulgarian сом
  • сом (som)fish of the genus Silurus
Finnish monni
  • monnifish of the genus Silurus
Hungarian harcsa
  • harcsafish of the genus Silurus
Indonesian lele, patin
  • lelefish of the genus Silurus
  • patinfish of the genus Silurus
Italian siluro
  • silurofish of the genus Silurus
Latin silūrus
  • silūrusfish of the genus Silurus
Malay ikan keli
  • ikan kelifish of the genus Silurus
Persian سلور, اسبلهماهی
  • سلور (selur)fish of the genus Silurus
  • اسبلهماهی (esbale-mâhi)fish of the genus Silurus
  • سالور (sâlur)fish of the genus Silurus
Polish sum
  • sumfish of the genus Silurus
Russian сом
  • сом (som)fish of the genus Silurus
Tamil கெளிறு, கெளுத்தி
  • கெளிறு (keḷiṟu)fish of the genus Silurus
  • கெளுத்தி (keḷutti)fish of the genus Silurus
Turkish yayın
  • yayınfish of the genus Silurus
Ukrainian сом
  • сом (som)fish of the genus Silurus
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APA

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MLA

“sheatfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheatfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheatfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheatfish.

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