Pronunciation : Am"i*a
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L., fr. Gr. (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913