mudfish

American  

[muhd-fish] / ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ /

noun

• mudfish,
  plural
• mudfishes
  plural

1. any of various fishes that live in muddy waters, as the bowfin or mummichog.

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mudfish British  

/ ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. any of various fishes, such as the bowfin and cichlids, that live at or frequent the muddy bottoms of rivers, lakes, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mudfish
  plural
• mudfishes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mudfish

First recorded in 1495–1505; mud + fish

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mudfish mudfishes

The property, which he often called an "animal kingdom" is named after him - Mutsugoro in Japanese means mudfish.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

Four Hole Swamp - No eating mudfish, largemouth bass or chain pickerel.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 11, 2018

South Fork Edisto River - No eating mudfish, chain pickerel, flathead catfish or largemouth bass.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 11, 2018

On the same block as the two pho restaurants, an Asian market sells preserved grinded snakehead and special mudfish sauce.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2010

He held out his right hand to Chuck Muckle, who stared at it as if it were a dead mudfish.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

You can judge for yourself how thick the water was, that such mudfishes as these should have been choked to helplessness.

From Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson) Kolb