Bowfin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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