noun. A freshwater fish (Amia calva) of central and eastern North America, having a large mouth and a long dorsal fin, and producing roe that is sometimes used for caviar.

noun. A name of the mudfish, Amia calva. Also called brindle, grindle, lawyer, dogfish, etc. See cut under Amiidœ.

noun. A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

noun. A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes found in the fresh waters of the United States.

noun. primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

"He could find that the mudfish is called bowfin in textbooks, that in south Arkansas and north Louisiana it is written grindle or grinnel but always pronounced [` grinl]; that in south Louisiana it is called green cypress trout, grinnel, and choupique, which in English is pronounced [š]; that in northwest Florida the word grindle is sometimes pronounced"

ganoid  ganoid fish  

Johnny Grindle  dogfish  mudfish  

dogfish  johnny grindle