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Bowfin

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Noun

1. amia calva, bowfin, dogfish, grindle

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bowfin

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noun
a primitive North American freshwater bony fish, Amia calva, with an elongated body and a very long dorsal fin: family Amiidae

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Bowfin

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noun
a primitive freshwater fish (Amia calva) of E North America, with a rounded tail fin and a long, narrow fin on its back: it is the only living member of an order (Amiiformes) of bony fishes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bowfin

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n.
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. Also called dogfish, mudfish; also called regionally choupique.

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