1. any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth; [syn: catfish, siluriform fish]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
siluriform fish
n 1: any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of
Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around
the mouth [syn: catfish, siluriform fish]