paddlefish
Americannoun
noun
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a primitive bony fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River, having a long paddle-like projection to the snout: family Polyodontidae
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a similar and related Chinese fish, Psephurus gladius, of the Yangtze River
Etymology
Origin of paddlefish
Example Sentences
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In modern paddlefish bones, seasonal dietary changes lead to higher levels of carbon-13 during spring.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 12, 2023
“If you’re talking about doing it with inexpensive paddlefish with your buddies and it sounds good to you, go right ahead,” Wiedmaier said.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023
In the 2019 paper, Mr. DePalma and his colleagues described how spherules raining down from the sky clogged the gills of paddlefish and sturgeon, suffocating them.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022
During excavated Cretaceous fish at Tanis in August 2017, spending two weeks digging out fossils of paddlefish and sturgeons.
From Scientific American • Feb. 23, 2022
He spoke of it to his friend of the paddlefish investigation.
From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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