1.
[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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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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]