grindle 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; bowfin.

WordNet


Grin"dle noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. Local, U. S.

Webster 1913