mummichog

[ muhm-i-chog ]

nounCoastal New England.
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1780–90, Americanism; from Narragansett (English spelling) moamitteaũg

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