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wels catfish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A scaleless freshwater catfish (Silurus glanis), of much of temperate western Eurasia, recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sheatfish

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Partly from German, see wels.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լոքո (lokʻo) — Silurus glanis
  • Azerbaijani: naqqa — Silurus glanis
  • Azerbaijani: naxa — Silurus glanis
  • Basque: siluru — Silurus glanis
  • Basque: arrain katu — Silurus glanis
  • Belarusian: сом (som) — Silurus glanis
  • Bulgarian: сом (som) — Silurus glanis
  • Catalan: silur — Silurus glanis
  • Czech: sumec — Silurus glanis
  • Danish: malle — Silurus glanis
  • Dutch: meerval — Silurus glanis
  • Esperanto: siluro — Silurus glanis
  • Estonian: säga — Silurus glanis
  • Finnish: säkiä — Silurus glanis
  • Finnish: monni — Silurus glanis
  • French: silure — Silurus glanis
  • French: silure glane — Silurus glanis
  • Georgian: ლოქო (loko) — Silurus glanis
  • German: Wels — Silurus glanis
  • Greek: γουλιανός (goulianós) — Silurus glanis
  • Hungarian: európai harcsa — Silurus glanis
  • Italian: siluro — Silurus glanis
  • Kyrgyz: жаян (jayan) — Silurus glanis
  • Latvian: sams — Silurus glanis
  • Lithuanian: šamas — Silurus glanis
  • Macedonian: сом (som) — Silurus glanis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: malle — Silurus glanis
  • Persian: سلور (selur) — Silurus glanis
  • Polish: sum — Silurus glanis
  • Polish: sum pospolity — Silurus glanis
  • Polish: sum europejski — Silurus glanis
  • Portuguese: bagre europeu — Silurus glanis
  • Romanian: somn — Silurus glanis
  • Russian: сом (som) — Silurus glanis
  • Serbo-Croatian: сом — Silurus glanis
  • Serbo-Croatian: som — Silurus glanis
  • Serbo-Croatian: сом — Silurus glanis
  • Serbo-Croatian: som — Silurus glanis
  • Slovak: sumec — Silurus glanis
  • Slovak: hrča obyčajná — Silurus glanis
  • Slovene: som — Silurus glanis
  • Lower Sorbian: som — Silurus glanis
  • Upper Sorbian: som — Silurus glanis
  • Spanish: siluro — Silurus glanis
  • Spanish: bagre — Silurus glanis
  • Swedish: mal — Silurus glanis
  • Turkish: yayın balığı — Silurus glanis