MAY FISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States

Synonyms:

Fundulus majalis; may fish; mayfish; striped killifish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("may fish" is a kind of...):

killifish (small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control)

Holonyms ("may fish" is a member of...):

Fundulus; genus Fundulus (killifish)

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