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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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