mudfish

UK: /ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ/ US: (mud′fish′)

Inflections of 'mudfish' (n):

mudfish

npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Mudfish live in muddy waters.")

mudfishes

npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "Mudfishes include the bowfin and the mummichog.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mud•fish  (mud′fish′), n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 

1. Fish any of various fishes that live in muddy waters, as the bowfin or mummichog.

• mud + fish 1495–1505

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

mudfish / ˈmʌdˌfɪʃ/ noun ( -fish, -fishes)

1. any of various fishes, such as the bowfin and cichlids, that live at or frequent the muddy bottoms of rivers, lakes, etc