swampinen.
/ˈswɒmpɪn/ U.S.
The green killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Cyprinodontidae > member of genus Fundulus
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1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ii. 122 Another migrating fish was found by thousands in the ponds..of Carolina, by Bosc... They belong to a genus of abdominal fishes [note, Hydrargyra] and are called swampines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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