amia calva

1. 1.

   primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

   Synonymsbowfingrindledogfish

   Broaderganoid

   Part ofAmia

Questions about amia calva

What does amia calva mean?

amia calva means "primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America".

What is another word for amia calva?

Close synonyms include bowfin, grindle, dogfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amia calva a common word?

amia calva is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.