Definitions for silurid

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silurid si·lu·rid

Spelling: [si-loo r-id, sahy-]

IPA: /sɪˈlʊər ɪd, saɪ-/

Silurid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in silurid (diilrsu).

Definitions for silurid

noun

1. any of numerous Old World freshwater fishes of the family Siluridae, comprising the catfishes.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the family Siluridae.

Origin of silurid

1890-95; New Latin Siluridae name of the family, equivalent to Silur(us) genus name (Latin silūrus a kind of fish Greek sílouros) + -idae -id²

Examples for silurid

Next to these are placed another extensive fresh-water family, that of the catfishes (silurid).

Unlike the sunfishes and darters are the catfishes, composing a great family, the silurid.