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bowfin
(gcide) | Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zool.)
A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to
North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish
in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See
Bowfin.
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Bowfin
(gcide) | Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zool.)
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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bowfin
(wn) | bowfin
n 1: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a
very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North
America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva] |
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bowfin
(gcide) | Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zool.)
A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to
North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish
in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See
Bowfin.
[1913 Webster]Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zool.)
A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh
waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also
Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.
[1913 Webster] |
bowfin
(wn) | bowfin
n 1: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a
very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North
America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva] |
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