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		Definition of bowfin in English: bowfinnounˈbəʊfɪnˈboʊˌfɪn A predatory American freshwater fish with a large blunt head and a long dorsal fin. It is able to survive for long periods out of water. 弓鳍鱼 Amia calva, the only living member of the family Amiidae Example sentencesExamples -  Some of the fish orders with both fresh and saltwater species are the toadfish order, garpike order, bowfin, sturgeon, herring/anchovy, salmon/trout/pike, catfish, clingfish, stickleback, scorpionfish, and flatfish orders.
 -  There are bowfins, longnose and Florida gars, 15 species of sunfish, seven species of catfish, largemouth bass, and Suwannee bass.
 -  A single bowfin (Amia calva; family Amiidae) was also collected at Cross Lake.
 -  They have been suggested to be the sister group of Acipenseriformes + Neopterygii (gars, bowfin, and teleosts) by both morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies.
 -  This group included a number of lineages, including relatives of today's gars and bowfins.
 -  The bowfin prefers backwater lakes and rivers and probably came from the LaMoine or Illinois valley.
 
 
 OriginLate 19th century: from bow1 + fin.    Definition of bowfin in US English: bowfinnounˈbōˌfinˈboʊˌfɪn A predatory American freshwater fish with a large blunt head and a long dorsal fin. It is able to survive for long periods out of water. 弓鳍鱼 Amia calva, the only living member of the family Amiidae Example sentencesExamples -  This group included a number of lineages, including relatives of today's gars and bowfins.
 -  There are bowfins, longnose and Florida gars, 15 species of sunfish, seven species of catfish, largemouth bass, and Suwannee bass.
 -  The bowfin prefers backwater lakes and rivers and probably came from the LaMoine or Illinois valley.
 -  They have been suggested to be the sister group of Acipenseriformes + Neopterygii (gars, bowfin, and teleosts) by both morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies.
 -  A single bowfin (Amia calva; family Amiidae) was also collected at Cross Lake.
 -  Some of the fish orders with both fresh and saltwater species are the toadfish order, garpike order, bowfin, sturgeon, herring/anchovy, salmon/trout/pike, catfish, clingfish, stickleback, scorpionfish, and flatfish orders.
 
 
 OriginLate 19th century: from bow + fin.     |