MUDFISH

Etymology

Noun

mudfish (plural mudfishes or mudfish)

Any of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, including

All species of Neochanna

Clarias spp, including Clarias anguillaris, Clarias gariepinus, Clarias agboyiensis, Clarias leviceps

Channa striata (striped snakehead)

Heterobranchus didorsalis (African catfish)

Clarotes laticeps (widehead catfish)

Protopterus annectens (West African lungfish)

Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (bagrid catfish)

Anagrams

• mudhifs

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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