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NOUN (1)

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


The 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.] [1913 Webster] 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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