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sheat⋅fish

  [sheet-fish]
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–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 lb. (181.4 kg).
Origin:
1580–90; earlier sheath-fish; sheath is erroneous trans. of G Scheide sheatfish
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sheat·fish   (shēt'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. sheatfish or sheat·fish·es
A very large freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis) of central and eastern Europe and western Asia.

[Alteration of obsolete sheathfish : sheath (translation of German Scheide, sheath, sheathfish) + fish.]
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