bowfin
[ boh-fin ]
/ ˈboʊˌfɪn /
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noun
a carnivorous ganoid fish, Amia calva, found in sluggish fresh waters of eastern North America.
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Also called grindle.
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Bowen's reaction series, bower, bowerbird, Bowers, bowery, bowfin, bow front, bowgrace, bow hand, bowhead, bowhunting
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Example sentences from the Web for bowfin
Such fishes as the garpike and the bowfin have lung-like air-bladders and gulp air from the surface of the water.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr JordanIn the bowfin (Amia calva), trematodes existed in enormous numbers.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr JordanNear relatives of the bowfin flourished in the Mesozoic, among them some with a forked tail, and some with a very long one.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan
British Dictionary definitions for bowfin
bowfin
/ (ˈbəʊˌfɪn) /
noun
a primitive North American freshwater bony fish, Amia calva, with an elongated body and a very long dorsal fin: family Amiidae
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