mudfish

[ muhd-fish ]

/ ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ /

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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.

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Origin of mudfish

First recorded in1495–1505; mud + fish

Words nearby mudfish

mud eel, Mudéjar, mudeye, mudfat, mud fever, mudfish, mud flat, mudflow, mud gecko, mudguard, mud hen

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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) /

noun plural -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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