Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bowfin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A voracious ganoid fish ({Amia calva}) found in the fresh
waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also
{Johnny Grindle}, and {dogfish}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bowfin
n : primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a
very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North
America [syn: {grindle}, {dogfish}, {Amia calva}]
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