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bowfin

[ UK /bˈə‍ʊfɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

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  • Some of the fish orders with both fresh and saltwater species are the toadfish order, garpike order, bowfin, sturgeon, herring/anchovy, salmon/trout/pike, catfish, clingfish, stickleback, scorpionfish, and flatfish orders.
  • The dogfish can be either and eelpout/burbot a freshwater cod or a bowfin. Languagehat.com: HACKMATACK.
  • 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 VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4
  • A single bowfin (Amia calva; family Amiidae) was also collected at Cross Lake.
  • They have been suggested to be the sister group of Acipenseriformes + Neopterygii (gars, bowfin, and teleosts) by both morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies.
  • Two bass one over 3 lbs and 3 cats and one bowfin. What is the bigest fish..
  • This group included a number of lineages, including relatives of today's gars and bowfins.
  • 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?
  • The bowfin prefers backwater lakes and rivers and probably came from the LaMoine or Illinois valley.
  • This group included a number of lineages, including relatives of today's gars and bowfins.
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