| NOUN | animal | order Siluriformes, Siluriformes | an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes |
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| Meaning | An order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes. | |
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| Synonym | Siluriformes | |
| Member of | Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii | An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays |
| Members | Ameiuridae, family Ameiuridae | North American catfishes |
| Ariidae, family Ariidae | sea catfishes | |
| Laricariidae, family Laricariidae | armored catfish | |
| Siluridae, family Siluridae | Old World catfishes | |
| catfish, siluriform fish | Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | siluriformes | |
| Catalan | Siluriforme, siluriformes, Siluriformes | |
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