mudfish
nounUK /ˈmʌdfɪʃ/
US /ˈmʌdfɪʃ/
A mudfish is a fish that lives in muddy water or wet ground.
The mudfish buried itself in the mud until the rain came.
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2. Any of various fishes that burrow into mud, especially the African lungfish.
During the dry season, the mudfish survives by sleeping in a mud cocoon.
3. A common name for the bowfin, a freshwater fish of North America.
The angler caught a mudfish in the slow-moving river.
4. Informal term for a person who works or wades in mud, such as a ditcher.
The old mudfish cleared the clogged ditch before the rains.