'Bowfin' definitions:
Definition of 'bowfin'
From: WordNet
noun
Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva]
Definition of 'Bowfin'
From: GCIDE
- 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]