mummichog Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States
    Fundulus heteroclitus.

WordNet

Mum"mi*chog noun
Etymology
Amer. Indian name.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; -- called also minnow. Written also mummychog, mummachog.

Webster 1913