bowfin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
    Amia calva; dogfish; grindle.

WordNet

Bow"fin` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

Webster 1913