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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A city in Wels-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria, south-west of Linz.
2. 2
   Initialism of Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

herbert george wells

Etymology

From German Wels, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).

Related phrases

silurus glaniswels catfish

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