sheatfishes

Variant of sheatfish

sheatfish definition

sheat·fish (s̸hēt′fis̸h′)

noun pl. sheatfish -·fish′, sheatfishes -·fish′es

any silurid catfish, esp. a very large species (Silurus glanis)

Etymology: earlier sheath-fish < sheath + fish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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