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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of mudfish

First recorded in 1495–1505; mud + fish

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

From BBC Apr. 6, 2023

Little Salkehatchie River - Do not eat any mudfish or largemouth bass.

From Washington Times Apr. 11, 2018

Four Holes Swamp - Eat no mudfish, largemouth bass or chain pickerel; no more than one meal per week of bluegill, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish and warmouth.

From Washington Times Jul. 22, 2015

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 Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson)

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