mudfish

[ muhd-fish ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) mud·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) mud·fish·es.

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

Origin of mudfish

First recorded in 1495–1505; mud + fish

Words Nearby mudfish

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How to use mudfish in a sentence

From these the ganoids and then the lung-bearing mudfish must have been gradually developed.
Charles Darwin | Grant Allen
The Queensland mudfish is an antiquity, and there has not been much change in its lineage for millions of years.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) | J. Arthur Thomson
Their roots were five or six feet high, and mudfish splashed in the holes beneath.
Wyndham's Pal | Harold Bindloss
The Australian mudfish (Ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 | Various
The mudfish would have seemed then a poor refugee from the too crowded and aggressive life of the sea.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for mudfish

mudfish

/ (ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ) /

nounplural -fish or -fishes

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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