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[boh-fin]

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noun

a carnivorous ganoid fish, Amia calva, found in sluggish fresh waters of eastern North America.

Also called grindle.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; bow² + fin

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bowfin (ˈbəʊˌfɪn)

—n
	a primitive North American freshwater bony fish, Amia calva, with an elongated body and a very long dorsal fin: family Amiidae

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