Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Silurus \Si*lu"rus\, n. [L. See {Silure}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order
   Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and
   Asia.

Source : WordNet®

Silurus
     n : type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes [syn: {genus Silurus}]