/si loor"id, suy-/ , n.
1. any of numerous Old World freshwater fishes of the family Siluridae, comprising the catfishes.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the family Siluridae.
[ 1890-95; Siluridae name of the family, equiv. to Silur ( us ) genus name (L silurus a kind of fish sílouros ) + -idae -ID 2 ]