mudfish
[ muhd-fish ]
/ ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ /
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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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 WellsThe 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 ThomsonThe Australian mudfish (Ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate.
Their roots were five or six feet high, and mudfish splashed in the holes beneath.
Wyndham's Pal|Harold Bindloss
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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