FUNDULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fundulus mean? 

• FUNDULUS (noun)
  The noun FUNDULUS has 1 sense:

1. killifish

  Familiarity information: FUNDULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUNDULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Killifish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Fundulus; genus Fundulus

Hypernyms ("Fundulus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Fundulus"):

Fundulus heteroclitus; mummichog (silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States)

Fundulus majalis; may fish; mayfish; striped killifish (black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States)

Holonyms ("Fundulus" is a member of...):

Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies)