wels catfish

noun

A scaleless freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis), of much of temperate western Eurasia, recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.

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sheatfish
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Meanings

noun
  1. A scaleless freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis), of much of temperate western Eurasia, recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.

    Synonyms: sheatfish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA scaleless freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis), of much of temperate western Eurasia, recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.

Similar
sheatfish

Origin

Partly from German, see wels.

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Translations

Basque siluru, arrain katu
  • siluruSilurus glanis
  • arrain katuSilurus glanis
Bulgarian сом
  • сом (som)Silurus glanis
Catalan silur
  • silurSilurus glanis
Czech sumec
  • sumecSilurus glanis
Danish malle
  • malleSilurus glanis
Dutch meerval
  • meervalSilurus glanis
Esperanto siluro
  • siluroSilurus glanis
Estonian säga
  • sägaSilurus glanis
Finnish säkiä, monni
  • säkiäSilurus glanis
  • monniSilurus glanis
French silure, silure glane
  • silureSilurus glanis
  • silure glaneSilurus glanis
German Wels
  • WelsSilurus glanis
Greek γουλιανός
  • γουλιανός (goulianós)Silurus glanis
Hungarian európai harcsa
  • európai harcsaSilurus glanis
Italian siluro
  • siluroSilurus glanis
Latvian sams
  • samsSilurus glanis
Lithuanian šamas
  • šamasSilurus glanis
Persian سلور
  • سلور (selur)Silurus glanis
Polish sum, sum pospolity
  • sumSilurus glanis
  • sum pospolitySilurus glanis
  • sum europejskiSilurus glanis
Portuguese bagre europeu
  • bagre europeuSilurus glanis
Romanian somn
  • somnSilurus glanis
Russian сом
  • сом (som)Silurus glanis
Slovak sumec, hrča obyčajná
  • sumecSilurus glanis
  • hrča obyčajnáSilurus glanis
Spanish siluro, bagre
  • siluroSilurus glanis
  • bagreSilurus glanis
Swedish mal
  • malSilurus glanis
Turkish yayın balığı
  • yayın balığıSilurus glanis
Cite this entry
APA

wels catfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wels%20catfish

MLA

“wels catfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wels%20catfish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wels catfish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wels%20catfish.

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