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bowfin
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amia \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zool.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish. [1913 Webster]
