bowfin

/boh-fin/US // ˈboʊˌfɪn //UK // (ˈbəʊˌfɪn) //

弓鳍鱼,弓箭手,弓鱼,弓形鱼

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a carnivorous ganoid fish, Amia calva, found in sluggish fresh waters of eastern North America.

Such fishes as the garpike and the bowfin have lung-like air-bladders and gulp air from the surface of the water.
In the bowfin (Amia calva), trematodes existed in enormous numbers.
Near relatives of the bowfin flourished in the Mesozoic, among them some with a forked tail, and some with a very long one.