Lexic.us

Definition of Fundulus

1. Noun. Killifish.

Medical Definition of Fundulus

1. A genus of marine and freshwater fish, of many species, native to the U.S.; commonly called killifish, mumichog, or mudfish. They are widely used as bait fish, experimental fish, or in mosquito-control programs. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. L. Fundus, bottom (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fundulus

Literary usage of Fundulus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"Treatment of Male Germ Cells 393 I. Resistance of the Sperm of Fundulus to Various Solutions 393 2. Experiments on Treatment of Spermatozoa 396 (a) Effects ..."

2. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"THE EFFECTS OF ALKALOIDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISH (Fundulus) EGGS. BY JF McCLENDON. [From the Embryological Laboratory of Cornell University Medical ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Fundulus ... The teeth are similar to those of a Fundulus, and there are only four or five rays in the ..."

4. The Fishes of Zanzibar by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"... with four similarly coloured lines ; vertical fins spotted and reticulated with brown. Length from 2 to 3£ inches. Fresh waters of Seychelles. Fundulus ..."

5. Mosquito Eradication by Walter Ernest Hardenburg (1922)
"THE SPOTTED TOP MINNOW (Fundulus notatus) The spotted top minnow is found in the Mississippi Valley from Michigan to Louisiana and regions adjacent thereto. ..."

6. Artificial Parthenogenesis and Fertilization by Jacques Loeb (1913)
"The number of relatively good embryos was very large in the cross between Fundulus heteroclitus $ and Menidia f, (where about 90 per cent formed embryos ..."

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