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silurid vs siluriform fish

siluriform fish vs silurid

silurid and siluriform fish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
silurid Yes No No No
siluriform fish Yes No No No
As nouns, siluriform fish is a hypernym of silurid; that is, siluriform fish is a word with a broader meaning than silurid:
  • silurid: Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
  • siluriform fish: any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
Other hypernyms of silurid include catfish.
silurid (noun) siluriform fish (noun)
Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
Difference between silurid and siluriform fish

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