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).
Origin of sheatfish
1580–90; earlier
sheath-fish;
sheath is erroneous translation of German
Scheide sheatfish
Words nearby sheatfish
shearing shed,
shearlegs,
shearling,
shears,
shearwater,
sheatfish,
sheath,
sheath knife,
sheath of eyeball,
sheath of schwann,
sheathbill
British Dictionary definitions for sheatfish
Word Origin for sheatfish
C16: variant of
sheathfish; perhaps influenced by German
Schaid sheatfish; see
sheath,
fish