mummichogn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmɪtʃɒɡ/, U.S.

/ˈməmiˌtʃɔɡ/,

/ˈməmiˌtʃɑɡ/

Forms: 1700s mummy chog, 1800s mammychub, 1800s mummachog, 1800s mummy-chog, 1800s– mummichog, 1900s– mummychog, 1900s– mummychub, 1900s– mummychug, 1900s– mumpchog.

Origin: A borrowing from Narragansett. Etymon: Narragansett moamitteaũg.

Etymology: < Narragansett moamitteaũg, plural (1643 in R. Williams A Key into the Language of America).

North American.

A killifish; esp. Fundulus heteroclitus (family Cyprinodontidae), a small marine killifish of sheltered parts of the east coast of North America, which has dark and silvery vertical bars on the sides and is often kept in aquaria or used as bait.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Cyprinodontidae

mummichog1787

killifish1836

cyprinodont1857

blind-fish1880

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Cyprinodontidae > member of genus Fundulus

mummichog1787

swampine1835

killifish1836

May fish1836

studfish1874

sac-à-lait1884

starhead1920

1787 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. Suppl. 149 Inhabits New York, where it is known by the Indian name of Mummy Chog.

1851 M. H. Perley Rep. New Brunswick (1852) 194 It [sc. the striped Killifish] is also known by its Indian name of ‘mummachog’, corrupted by the English settlers on the Gulf shore of New Brunswick, where it abounds, to ‘mammychub’.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 449 The fishermen there [i.e. on the Connecticut coast] call them [sc. mullets] by the name of ‘Bluefish Mummichog’.

1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 312 Mummichog (Poeciliidae).—These fish are found in the brackish waters along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts.

1977 Audubon Sept. 8/1 The first modification of my reverent attitude resulted from my need for mummichogs, alias killifish.

1987 J. Hersey Blues (1988) 82 A handful of mummichogs, robust and chubby four-and five-inch light brown fish with dark bars along their flanks..swam downward from the surface.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mummichog
释义	mummichogn. Brit. /ˈmʌmɪtʃɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈməmiˌtʃɔɡ/, /ˈməmiˌtʃɑɡ/ Forms: 1700s mummy chog, 1800s mammychub, 1800s mummachog, 1800s mummy-chog, 1800s– mummichog, 1900s– mummychog, 1900s– mummychub, 1900s– mummychug, 1900s– mumpchog. Origin: A borrowing from Narragansett. Etymon: Narragansett moamitteaũg. Etymology: < Narragansett moamitteaũg, plural (1643 in R. Williams A Key into the Language of America). North American. A killifish; esp. Fundulus heteroclitus (family Cyprinodontidae), a small marine killifish of sheltered parts of the east coast of North America, which has dark and silvery vertical bars on the sides and is often kept in aquaria or used as bait. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Cyprinodontidae mummichog1787 killifish1836 cyprinodont1857 blind-fish1880 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Cyprinodontidae > member of genus Fundulus mummichog1787 swampine1835 killifish1836 May fish1836 studfish1874 sac-à-lait1884 starhead1920 1787 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. Suppl. 149 Inhabits New York, where it is known by the Indian name of Mummy Chog. 1851 M. H. Perley Rep. New Brunswick (1852) 194 It [sc. the striped Killifish] is also known by its Indian name of ‘mummachog’, corrupted by the English settlers on the Gulf shore of New Brunswick, where it abounds, to ‘mammychub’. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 449 The fishermen there [i.e. on the Connecticut coast] call them [sc. mullets] by the name of ‘Bluefish Mummichog’. 1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 312 Mummichog (Poeciliidae).—These fish are found in the brackish waters along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. 1977 Audubon Sept. 8/1 The first modification of my reverent attitude resulted from my need for mummichogs, alias killifish. 1987 J. Hersey Blues (1988) 82 A handful of mummichogs, robust and chubby four-and five-inch light brown fish with dark bars along their flanks..swam downward from the surface. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787
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