bowfin
/ˈbəʊfɪn/noun
bowfin is a noun meaning “especially, a ruddy bowfin (Amia calva)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-O-W-F-I-N, and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of bowfin is bowfins.
What does bowfin mean?
noun
- 1
especially, a ruddy bowfin (Amia calva).
- 2
an eyespot bowfin (Amia ocellicauda).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce bowfin?
- /ˈbəʊfɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of bowfin
- bowfins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is bowfin?
Bowfin appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Bowfin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Amia calva:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | amie |
| German | Kahlhecht, Schlammfisch |
| Portuguese | alcaraz |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bowfin come from?
From bow + fin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).