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Webster 1913 Edition
Sheatfish
Sheat′fishˊ
,Noun.
[Cf. dial. G.
scheid
, schaid
, schaiden
.] (Zool.)
A European siluroid fish (
Silurus glanis
) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid
.