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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MUDFISH

MUDFISH Mud "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The European loach. (b ) The bowfin. (c ) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens ). See Lipedosiren.(d ) The mud minnow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mudfish

mud fish |ˈmədˌfiSH ˈmədˌfɪʃ | noun ( pl. same or mudfishes ) 1 any of a number of elongated fish that are able to survive long periods of drought by burrowing in the mud. [a New Zealand fish (genus Neochanna, family Galaxiidae ). an African lungfish (Protopterus annectens, family Protopteridae ).] 2 another term for bowfin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mudfish

mud |fish |ˈmʌdfɪʃ | noun ( pl. same or mudfishes ) 1 any of a number of elongated fish that are able to survive long periods of drought by burrowing in the mud: a New Zealand fish (genus Neochanna, family Galaxiidae ). an African lungfish (Protopterus annectens, family Protopteridae ). 2 another term for bowfin.