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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Si-lū're, n.

noun

n. [Fr. silure, It. & Sp. siluro, Lat. silurus, Gr. σίλουρος.] (Ichth.) A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheat-fish.

An engraved illustration of a catfish with long barbels and a curved body.
Sly Silurus (Silurus glanis).