"wels catfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From German. See wels. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{m|en|wels}} wels Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} wels catfish
  1. Silurus glanis, a scaleless fresh-water catfish recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth. Wikipedia link: wels catfish Categories (lifeform): Catfish Synonyms: sheatfish Translations (Silurus glanis): լոքո (lokʻo) (Armenian), naqqa (Azerbaijani), naxa (Azerbaijani), siluru (Basque), arrain katu (Basque), сом (som) (Belarusian), сом (som) [masculine] (Bulgarian), silur (Catalan), sumec [masculine] (Czech), malle (Danish), meerval (Dutch), siluro (Esperanto), säga (Estonian), säkiä (Finnish), monni (Finnish), silure [masculine] (French), silure glane [masculine] (French), ლოქო (loko) (Georgian), Wels [masculine] (German), γουλιανός (goulianós) [masculine] (Greek), európai harcsa (Hungarian), siluro [masculine] (Italian), жаян (jayan) (Kyrgyz), sams [masculine] (Latvian), šamas (Lithuanian), som (Lower Sorbian), сом (som) (Macedonian), malle (Norwegian Nynorsk), سلور (selur) (Persian), sum [masculine] (Polish), bagre europeu [masculine] (Portuguese), somn [masculine] (Romanian), сом (som) [masculine] (Russian), сом [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), som [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), сом [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), som [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sumec [masculine] (Slovak), hrča obyčajná [feminine] (Slovak), som [masculine] (Slovene), siluro [masculine] (Spanish), bagre [masculine] (Spanish), mal (Swedish), som (Upper Sorbian)

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