mudfish
/ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ/
noun
- A type of fish that lives in muddy water or burrows in mud, especially in warm regions.
- The children caught a small mudfish in the swamp near their house.
- Mudfish can survive for a long time out of water by breathing air.
- Farmers sometimes find mudfish in the flooded rice fields after heavy rain.
- A fish that is not a true species but any of several unrelated fish that live in muddy habitats, such as the bowfin or the lungfish.
- Anglers sometimes confuse the mudfish with other bottom-dwelling species.
- In some parts of the world, people call the bowfin a mudfish because it lives in murky waters.
- The African lungfish is often referred to as a mudfish due to its ability to burrow into mud during dry seasons.