Definitions for bowfin
ˈboʊˌfɪnbowfin

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1. bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calvanoun

   primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

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1. bowfinnoun

   A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

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1. Bowfin

   The bowfin (Amia calva) is a bony fish, native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is regarded as a relict, being one of only two surviving species of the Halecomorphi, a group of fish that first appeared during the Early Triassic, around 250 million years ago. The bowfin is often considered a "primitive fish" because they have retained some morphological characteristics of their early ancestors. It is one of two species in the genus Amia, along with Amia ocellicauda, the eyespot bowfin. The closest living relatives of bowfins are gars, with the two groups being united in the clade Holostei. Bowfins are demersal freshwater piscivores, commonly found throughout much of the eastern United States, and in southern Ontario and Quebec. Fossil deposits indicate Amiiformes were once widespread in both freshwater and marine environments across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Now, their range is limited to much of the eastern United States and adjacent southern Canada, including the drainage basins of the Mississippi River, Great Lakes, and various rivers exiting in the Eastern Seaboard or Gulf of Mexico. Their preferred habitat includes vegetated sloughs, lowland rivers and lakes, swamps, and backwater areas; they are also occasionally found in brackish water. They are stalking, ambush predators known to move into the shallows at night to prey on fish and aquatic invertebrates such as crawfish, mollusks, and aquatic insects. Like gars, bowfin are bimodal breathers – they have the capacity to breathe both water and air. Their gills exchange gases in the water allowing them to breathe, but they also have a gas bladder that serves to maintain buoyancy, and also allows them to breathe air by means of a small pneumatic duct connected from the foregut to the gas bladder. They can break the surface to gulp air, which allows them to survive conditions of aquatic hypoxia that would be lethal to most other species. The bowfin is long-lived, with age up to 33 years reported.

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1. bowfin

   A bowfin is a type of fish found in the United States, especially in the Mississippi River Basin. It is a freshwater, predatory fish that is characterized by a long, cylindrical body, rounded tail, and a dorsal fin that stretches almost the entire length of their body. Bowfins can grow up to several feet in length and are known for their ability to survive in low-oxygen environments, due to their supplementary breathing structure known as a labyrinth organ. They belong to the Amiidae family and are considered a primitive or living fossil species due to their existence dating back to the Jurassic period.

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1. Bowfinnoun

   a voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish

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1. Bowfin

   The bowfin, Amia calva, is the last surviving member of the order Amiiformes, and of the family Amiidae. The bowfin is a freshwater piscivore, preying on fish and larger aquatic invertebrates by ambush or stalking. Native to southeastern Canada and eastern United States, they prefer shallow, weedy waters of lakes or protected back waters of rivers. The bowfin is able to breathe air, using its swim bladder, which is connected to its gastrointestinal tract and allows it to regulate buoyancy in the water, as a primitive lung. The fish can be seen coming to the surface and gulping air. This limits it to a specific depth range in which the surface is accessible. They tend to use shoreline habitats that are not accessible to other predatory fish.

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1. • Ganoid Fish

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bowfin in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bowfin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bowfin
3. ^ Wikipedia
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4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowfin
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bowfin
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
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