fundulus heteroclitus

1. 1.

   silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States

   Synonymsmummichog

   Broaderkillifish

   Part ofFundulus

Questions about fundulus heteroclitus

What does fundulus heteroclitus mean?

fundulus heteroclitus means "silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States".

What is another word for fundulus heteroclitus?

Close synonyms include mummichog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fundulus heteroclitus a common word?

fundulus heteroclitus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.