mudfish

mudfish
/mud"fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) mudfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) mudfishes.
any of various fishes that live in muddy waters, as the bowfin or mummichog.
[1495-1505; MUD + FISH]

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