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MUDFISH
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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)
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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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