John A. Grindle

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John A. Grindle (plural not attested)

  1. (US, Virginia) Alternative form of Johnny Grindle (the bowfin)
    • 2011, John Madson, Up on the River: People and Wildlife of the Upper Mississippi, page 115:
      As close as John A. Grindle ever comes to being handsome is in the spring when he wears his courting colors. His lower fins become a vivid paint green, and a dark spot, or ocellus, on his tail is bordered with brilliant yellow-orange.