sheatfish
[ sheet-fish ]
/ ˈʃitˌfɪʃ /
noun, plural sheat·fish·es, (especially collectively) sheat·fish.
a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
Nearby words
shearing shed, shearlegs, shearling, shears, shearwater, sheatfish, sheath, sheath knife, sheath of eyeball, sheath of schwann, sheathbill
Origin of sheatfish
1580–90; earlier sheath-fish; sheath is erroneous translation of German Scheide sheatfish
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British Dictionary definitions for sheatfish
Word Origin for sheatfish
C16: variant of sheathfish; perhaps influenced by German Schaid sheatfish; see sheath, fish
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