| 单词 | studfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstudfish studfish n. U.S. any of several small freshwater killifishes of the genus Fundulus (family Fundulidae), native to the south-eastern United States and having orange or red spots on the sides. Frequently with distinguishing word as northern studfish, southern studfish, etc. ΘΚΠ 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 1874 Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N.Y. 10 324 Its congener, catenata, is known as the Stud-fish or Studdy-Pearch. 1889 Cent. Dict. at Killifish Some of the killifishes are known as mud-dabblers, and others as stud-fishes. 1978 Amer. Naturalist 112 837 In the river systems of the southeastern United States, some studfishes have molariform teeth with which they presumably crush small mollusks. 2001 T. M. Berra Freshwater Fish Distribution 332 Fundulus bifax, the stippled studfish..was recognized as unique almost solely on the basis of complete allelic differentiation at six loci from the southern studfish, F. stellifer. < as lemmas |
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