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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two fishes of the family Polyodontidae that have a long paddle-shaped snout, Psephurus gladius of the Yangtze River or Polyodon spathula of the Mississippi River basin, whose roe is used for caviar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The spoon-billed sturgeon, Polyodon (or Spatularia) spatula, a ganoid fish of the family Polyodontidæ (or Spatulariidæ), attaining a length of five or six feet, abundant in the Mississippi river and its larger tributaries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl) A large ganoid fish (
Polyodon spathula ) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called alsoduck-billed cat , andspoonbill sturgeon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several primitive
fish , of the familyPolyodontidae , that have a longsnout shaped like apaddle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
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Published: 2009-06-26 21: 03: 39+01: 00 www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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Despite they're large size reaching weights of 80 to 100 pounds www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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Despite they're large size reaching weights of 80 to 100 pounds www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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Published: 2009-06-26 21: 03: 39+01: 00 www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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Despite they're large size reaching weights of 80 to 100 pounds www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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Despite they're large size reaching weights of 80 to 100 pounds www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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Published: 2009-06-26 21: 03: 39+01: 00 www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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Published: 2009-06-26 21: 03: 39+01: 00 www. mdc.mo.gov The paddlefish is a magical, fantastic looking fish.
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One of the world's largest freshwater fish on the verge of extinction LONDON - Reports indicate that the giant Chinese paddlefish, which is one of the world's largest freshwater fish, is on the verge of going extinct.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Hogan, a conservation biologist, said the closest to extinction is the Chinese paddlefish, which is found in the Yangtze River in China.
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