Mummichog

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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