\Si*lu"roid\, n. [Silurus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of
fishes including numerous species, among which are the
American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of
the Old World, as the sheatfish ({Silurus glanis}) of Europe.
-- n. A siluroid fish.