Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of the two extant elongated fish of the genus Amia, native to North America, previously thought to be the same species.

    Especially, a ruddy bowfin (Amia calva).

    Kahlhecht, Schlammfisch

    и́льная ры́баílʹnaja rýba, а́мияámija

  2. An eyespot bowfin (Amia ocellicauda).

More definitions
  • primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Amia calva:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Amia calva:

Origin

From bow + fin.

From bow + fin.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: bowfins
Singularbowfin
Pluralbowfins

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Amia calva:Johnny GrindledogfishmudfishchoupiqueJohn A. Grindle
Close in meaning
  • primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America:grindledogfishAmia calva

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bowfin — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto