sheatfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
    Silurus glanis; European catfish.

WordNet

Sheat"fish` noun
Etymology
Cf. dial. G. scheid, schaid, schaiden.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid.

Webster 1913