Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun also called regionally 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the mudfish, Amia calva. Also called brindle, grindle, lawyer, dogfish, etc. See cut under
Amiidœ .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A voracious ganoid fish (
Amia calva ) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called alsoJohnny Grindle , anddogfish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of theorder Amiiformes found in the fresh waters of the United States.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
Etymologies
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Examples
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He could find that the mudfish is called bowfin in textbooks, that in south Arkansas and north Louisiana it is written grindle or grinnel but always pronounced [` grinl]; that in south Louisiana it is called green cypress trout, grinnel, and choupique, which in English is pronounced [š]; that in northwest Florida the word grindle is sometimes pronounced
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Q: has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big?
has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big? 2009
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Two bass one over 3 lbs and 3 cats and one bowfin.
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Two bass one over 3 lbs and 3 cats and one bowfin.
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It's common in Florida to catch a bowfin about 10 pounds like Del said .......
has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big? 2009
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Yes I've caught quite a few bowfin, the largest just over thirteen pounds.
has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big? 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Northern Coyote wrote 1 year 1 week ago sheepshead, chubs, carp, burbot & bowfin and of course the local favorite, suckers
Talking Trash 2009
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Yes I've caught quite a few bowfin, the largest just over thirteen pounds.
has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big? 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Northern Coyote wrote 1 year 1 week ago sheepshead, chubs, carp, burbot & bowfin and of course the local favorite, suckers
Talking Trash 2009
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It's common in Florida to catch a bowfin about 10 pounds like Del said .......
has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big? 2009
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