| 释义 |
mummychog U.S.|ˈmʌmɪtʃɒg|
Also 9 mumma-, mummichog.
[American Indian; a plural form, spelt moamitteaug in Roger Williams's Narragansett vocabulary (1643).]
= killifish.
1787Pennant Suppl. Arct. Zool. 149 Inhabits New York, where it is known by the Indian name of Mummy Chog. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer., Mummachog (genus Fundulus), the popular name of the Barred Killifish of naturalists. 1884Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 449 The fishermen there [sc. on the Connecticut coast] call them [sc. mullets] by the name of ‘Bluefish Mummichog’. |