Definition of Fundulus heteroclitus

1. Noun. Silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Exact synonyms: Mummichog
Generic synonyms: Killifish
Group relationships: Fundulus, Genus Fundulus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fundulus Heteroclitus

Fuller
Fulmarus
Fulmarus glacialis
Fulton
Fulvicin
Fumaria
Fumaria claviculata
Fumaria fungosa
Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria sempervirens
Fumariaceae
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoye
Funafuti
Fundulus
Fundulus heteroclitus (current term)
Fundulus majalis
Funen
Funghus Rock
Funka
Funkaceae
Fuqra
Fur
Furby
Furbys
Furnariidae
Furnarius
Furnivall
Furongian

Literary usage of Fundulus heteroclitus

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

1. 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 ..."

2. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1906)
"Early stages of the following crosses were preserved : 1. Fundulus heteroclitus X F. ... Fundulus heteroclitus X Stenotomus chrysops. 5. ..."

3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"This paper presents a study of the effects of short length treatments of the germ cells of Fundulus heteroclitus with various ..."

4. Book of the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1904)
"There is, thus, good reason to believe that Fundulus heteroclitus not only ... Normal Fundulus heteroclitus reacts to the sound waves from a tuning fork of ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"(l)The Effect of Poisons, at Different Temperatures, on Fundulus heteroclitus. Sixteen experiments are recorded. In each case two lots of fish ..."

6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1919)
"60 eggs of Fundulus heteroclitus, artificially fertilized, were 1 '' in sea water. After 4 days incubation black and red chromatophores, with ly spread out ..."

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