Crossword-Solution: BOWFIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bowfin | n. | A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “BOWFIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Carnivorous fish also called a grindle | 1 answer |
| Carnivorous freshwater fish | 1 answer |
| N American freshwater fish | 1 answer |
| primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin | 1 answer |
| Mudfish | 2 answers |
| amia | 3 answers |
| Blackfish. | 9 answers |
| GANOID fish | 11 answers |
| CARNIVOROUS insect | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EREAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BOWFIN (2)
Note: They were numerous, and some of them of large size, in early geological periods; but they are represented by comparatively few living species, most of which inhabit fresh waters, as the bowfin, gar pike, bichir, Ceratodus, paddle fish, and sturgeon.
The mud-fish, more properly the bowfin, is a small, dark-colored, ganoid fish which is so tough and will live under such discouraging circumstances that it would make ideal pickerel bait if the pickerel would have anything to do with it, but they will not.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1999–2014).