BOWFIN

Meaning of BOWFIN in English

/boh"fin'/ , n.

a carnivorous ganoid fish, Amia calva, found in sluggish fresh waters of eastern North America. Also called grindle .

[ 1835-45, Amer.; BOW 2 + FIN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BOWFIN — noun Date: 1845 a predaceous dull-green iridescent North American freshwater fish ( Amia calva ) that is the only surviving …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOWFIN — Voracious freshwater fish ( Amia calva ) that is the only living representative of the family Amiidae, which dates back …
Английский словарь Британика
BOWFIN — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: bow (III) : a voracious dull-green iridescent ganoid fish ( Amia calva ) of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOWFIN — (n.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called …
Английский словарь Webster
BOWFIN — ( n. ) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BOWFIN — noun Date: 1845 : a predaceous dull-green iridescent North American freshwater fish ( Amia calva ) that is the only …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOWFIN — noun a voracious ganoid fish (amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the united states; the mudfish; called …
Webster English vocab
BOWFIN — [ 'bəʊfɪn ] ■ noun a predatory American freshwater fish with a large blunt head and a long dorsal fin, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOWFIN — [bow.fin] n (1845): a predaceous dull-green iridescent No. American freshwater fish (Amia calva) that is the only surviving member of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOWFIN — also called Grindle, Mudfish, or Dogfish (Amia calva), freshwater fish of the order Amiiformes (superorder Holostei); it is the only …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOWFIN — / ˈbəʊfɪn; NAmE ˈboʊ-/ noun ( pl. bow·fin or bow·fins ) an American fish with a large head that can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOWFIN — n. a voracious American freshwater fish, Amia calva. [BOW(1) + FIN]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOWFIN — n. a voracious American freshwater fish, Amia calva. [ BOW(1) + FIN ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOWFIN — n. a voracious American freshwater fish, Amia calva. Etymology: BOW(1) + FIN
Oxford English vocab
BOWFIN — n. Voracious freshwater fish ( Amia calva ) that is the only living representative of the family Amiidae, which dates …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BOWFIN — Adj. Disgusting, unpleasant. [Scottish use]
Slang English vocab
BOWFIN — зоол. амия или ильная рыба (зоология) амия или ильная рыба (Amia calva)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOWFIN — Ильная рыба
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BOWFIN — n зоол. амия или ильная рыба ( Amia calva )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOWFIN — зоол. амия; ильная рыба
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BOWFIN — (n) ильная рыба
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BOWFIN — n зоол. амия или ильная рыба ( Amia calva )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BOWFIN — n зоол. амия или ильная рыба ( Amia calva )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOWFIN — ильная рыба, амия (Amia calva); pl амиевые (Amiidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BOWFIN — ильная рыба, амия ( Amia calva ) ; pl амиевые ( Amiidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BOWFIN — зоол. амия или ильная рыба (зоология) амия или ильная рыба (Amia calva)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOWFIN — n. Pronunciation: ' b ō - ˌ fin Function: noun Date: 1845 : a predaceous dull-green iridescent No. American freshwater …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DOGFISH — Any of several species of small The spiny dogfish ( Squalus acanthias , family Squalidae) has a sharp spine in …
Английский словарь Британика
DOGFISH — (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
Английский словарь Webster
AMIA — (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake …
Английский словарь Webster
DOGFISH — ( n. ) The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLOSTEAN — any member of the subclass, or infraclass, Holostei, a group of archaic, bony fishes represented by the bowfin and the …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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