mummichog
[ muhm-i-chog ]
nounCoastal New England.
a silver and black killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, found in fresh, brackish, and salt water along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Origin of mummichog
1First recorded in 1780–90, Americanism; from Narragansett (English spelling) moamitteaũg
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