mummichog

3 definitions found

mummichog - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Minnow \Min"now\, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse,
     OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written
     also minow.]
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     1. (Zool.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish
        (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus);
        sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; --
        called also minim and minny. The name is also applied
        to several allied American species, of the genera
        Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes
        of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live
        both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish,
        minny, and mummichog.
        [1913 Webster]

  Mummichog \Mum"mi*chog\, n. [Amer. Indian name.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont
     fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the
     killifishes; -- called also minnow. [Written also
     mummychog, mummachog.]
     [1913 Webster]

mummichog - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mummichog
      n 1: silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the
           Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: mummichog,
           Fundulus heteroclitus]