- Mayfish
- Mayfish May"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A common American minnow ({Fundulus majalis}). See {Minnow}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Mayfish
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mayfish — noun black barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States • Syn: ↑striped killifish, ↑may fish, ↑Fundulus majalis • Hypernyms: ↑killifish • Member Holonyms: ↑Fundulus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mayfish — /may fish /, n., pl. mayfishes, (esp. collectively) mayfish. See striped killifish. [1830 40, Amer.; MAY + FISH] * * * … Universalium
Fundulus majalis — Mayfish May fish , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A common American minnow ({Fundulus majalis}). See {Minnow}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
striped killifish — noun black barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States • Syn: ↑mayfish, ↑may fish, ↑Fundulus majalis • Hypernyms: ↑killifish • Member Holonyms: ↑Fundulus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
striped killifish — a killifish, Fundulus majalis, of the Atlantic coast of the U.S., the female of which is marked with black stripes. Also called mayfish. * * * … Universalium
Fundulus — noun killifish • Syn: ↑genus Fundulus • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cyprinodontidae, ↑family Cyprinodontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Fundulus majalis — noun black barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States • Syn: ↑striped killifish, ↑mayfish, ↑may fish • Hypernyms: ↑killifish • Member Holonyms: ↑Fundulus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Fundulus — noun killifish • Syn: ↑Fundulus • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cyprinodontidae, ↑family Cyprinodontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
may fish — noun black barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States • Syn: ↑striped killifish, ↑mayfish, ↑Fundulus majalis • Hypernyms: ↑killifish • Member Holonyms: ↑Fundulus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
