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Sheatfish

[sheet-fish]

sheat·fish

[sheet-fish]
noun, plural -fish·es, (especially collectively) -fish.
a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).

Origin:
1580–90; earlier sheath-fish; sheath is erroneous translation of German Scheide sheatfish
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sheatfish (ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ)
 
n , pl -fish, -fishes
See silurid the European catfish
 
[C16: variant of sheathfish; perhaps influenced by German Schaid sheatfish; see sheath, fish]

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