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Definition of Bowfin
1. Noun. Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America.
Generic synonyms: Ganoid, Ganoid Fish
Group relationships: Amia, Genus Amia
Definition of Bowfin
1. n. A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.
Definition of Bowfin
1. Noun. A voracious ganoid fish (''Amia calva'') found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowfin
1. a freshwater fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bowfin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowfin
Literary usage of Bowfin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The bowfin, or grindle, is a remarkable fish abounding in the lakes and swamps of
... The bowfin reaches a length of two and one half feet, the male being ..."
2. The Story of the Fishes by George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke, James Newton Baskett, George Henry Kingsley (1899)
"81 is the mudfish or bowfin, already alluded FIG. 79.—Bk'hir (Polypterus).
to as being on the line between sturgeon-forms and bony fishes. ..."
3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"Having the scales thin, somewhat rounded, and overlapping, the bowfin represents
a genus in which there are no fulcra, and the long dorsal fin occupies ..."
4. Animal Studies: A Text-book of Elementary Zoology for Use in High Schools by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Harold Heath (1903)
"Equally destructive is the voracious bowfin (Amia), a fish useless as food, but
of very great interest from its relation to extinct forms. ..."
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