Annual growth in total Medicare spending averaged 4.1% between 2010 and 2014, compared to 9.0% between 2000 and 2010, based on data from OACT, despite growth in the number of beneficiaries and increases in health care costs over these years (Figure 3) .
bowfin - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America. Amia calva, dogfish, grindle. ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering. Amia, genus Amia - type genus of the Amiidae.
Grindle, Dogfish, Grinnel, Cypress Trout, Mud Fish. Description. Amia is a Greek name for an unidentified fish, probably the bonito, and calva is Latin meaning smooth, referring perhaps to the fish's scaleless head. The bowfin has a large mouth equipped with many sharp teeth. Its large head has no scales.