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bowfin

  • noun
  • /ˈbəʊfɪn/

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

Other meanings

  1. especially, a ruddy bowfin (Amia calva).

  2. an eyespot bowfin (Amia ocellicauda).

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This definition is adapted from “bowfin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.