HyperDic: siluriformes

English > 1 sense of the word Siluriformes:
NOUNanimalSiluriformes, order Siluriformesan order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
English > Siluriformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes.
Synonymorder Siluriformes
Member ofMalacopterygii, superorder MalacopterygiiAn extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
MembersAmeiuridae, family AmeiuridaeNorth American catfishes
Ariidae, family Ariidaesea catfishes
Laricariidae, family Laricariidaearmored catfish
Siluridae, family SiluridaeOld World catfishes
catfish, siluriform fishAny of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishsiluriformes
CatalanSiluriforme, siluriformes, Siluriformes

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