silure

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silure

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From Latin silurus (“a sort of river fish”), from Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros, “a very large sort of river fish”).

noun silures

A fish of the genus Silurus, such as the sheatfish.
Similar: silurid, siluroid

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@misc{silure_2026,
  title = {silure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/silure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}