Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Mudfish

Amia calva, the sole species of the family Amiidæ. The color is dull, often dark-greenish, with black spots and bands, and there is frequently a round black spot on the tail. It attains a length of about two feet; it feeds on fluviatile crustacea. It is limited to rivers and lakes of the United States, abundant between the Rocky Mountains and the Alleghenies.

MUEZZIN (mö-edz'zin) (Arabic, Muzin or Muazzin; sometimes Mueddin), the official attached to the Mohammedan mosque, who announces the different times of prayer.

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