Sheatfish
noun, plural sheatfishes (especially collectively) sheatfish.
1.
a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
noun (pl) -fish, -fishes
1.
the European catfish See silurid (sense 1)
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