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Bowfin

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bow=fin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Bowfin has 1 sense

bowfin(n = noun.animal) amia calva, dogfish, grindle - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America; Array

is a kind of ganoid, ganoid fish

is a member of amia, genus amia

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Bowfin, n.

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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bowfin, n. a voracious American freshwater fish, Amia calva.

Etymology

BOW(1) + FIN

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