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Definition of Mayfish
1. Noun. Black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Killifish
Group relationships: Fundulus, Genus Fundulus
Definition of Mayfish
1. n. A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow.
Definition of Mayfish
1. Noun. A common American minnow (''Fundulus majalis''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mayfish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayfish
Literary usage of Mayfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"belong to Fundulus, a genus widely distributed from Maine to Guatemala and north
to Kansas and southern California. Fundulus majalis, the mayfish of the ..."
2. The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, George Washington Bethune (1847)
"... when He fishers made fishers of men : Where, which « in no other game, A man
mayfish and praise his name. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"mayfish, n. A fish said to be found only in the Severn, amongst English rivers,
and in the Mediterranean Sea ; also MEATY, adj. ..."
4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"... how such structures might become permanent, be produced in both sexes and
subserve another function. FUNDULUS MAJALIS. (Killifish; mayfish; Rock-fish. ..."
5. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1890)
"from Marblehead, for account of Messrs. Harris, with " the best & strongest
mayfish ever ..."
6. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1882)
"... mayfish. one, One specimen, 4 inches long, from Mathias Point ; four, of equal
size, 2 inches long, from Riverside ; five, 3 to 5 inches long, ..."
7. A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases by Barzillai Lowsley, Job Lowsley (1888)
"mayfish, n. A fish said to be found only in the Severn, amongst English rivers,
and in the Mediterranean Sea ; also MEATY, adj. ..."
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