Bowfin

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  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A name of the mudfish, Amia calva. Also called brindle, grindle, lawyer, dogfish, etc. See cut under AmiidÅ“.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.
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  • noun. A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes found in the fresh waters of the United States.
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  • noun. primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ganoid  ganoid fish  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Johnny Grindle  dogfish  mudfish  
    variant
    dogfish  johnny grindle  
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