paddlefish
[ pad-l-fish ]
/ ˈpæd lˌfɪʃ /
noun, plural pad·dle·fish·es, (especially collectively) pad·dle·fish.
a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
Words nearby paddlefish
paddle wheel,
paddle worm,
paddleball,
paddleboard,
paddleboat,
paddlefish,
paddock,
paddock-basher,
paddy,
paddy wagon,
paddy-last
Example sentences from the Web for paddlefish
Of the former one species is Chinese, and the other is the shovel-nosed spoonbill or paddlefish of the lower Mississippi River.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life |Ernest IngersollHe spoke of it to his friend of the paddlefish investigation.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries |Francis Rolt-Wheeler
British Dictionary definitions for paddlefish
paddlefish
/ (ˈpædəlˌfɪʃ) /
noun plural -fish or -fishes
a primitive bony fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River, having a long paddle-like projection to the snout: family Polyodontidae
a similar and related Chinese fish, Psephurus gladius, of the Yangtze River