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单词 mudminnow
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Definition of mudminnow in English:

mudminnow

noun
  • A small stout-bodied freshwater fish of both Eurasia and North America, able to survive low concentrations of oxygen and very low temperatures.

    Genus Umbra, family Umbridae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only species present in Clyde Creek were blacknose shiner, Iowa darter, central mudminnow, and pearl dace.
    • Briefly, this is the domain of two freshwater clans, the pike and the mudminnows.
    • They prey on such fish as the cisco (lake herring), lake whitefish, central mudminnow, and golden shiner.
    • Other than some minnows and salmonids, only longnose sucker and the two species of mudminnow appear to have been collected less often than might be expected.
    • Whereas most books of this nature cover only fossil mammals, this bestiary starts with mudminnows and ends with mammoths - amphibians, reptiles, and birds are in between.
 
 

Definition of mudminnow in US English:

mudminnow

nounˈmədˌminō
  • A small stout-bodied freshwater fish of both Eurasia and North America, able to survive low concentrations of oxygen and very low temperatures.

    Genus Umbra, family Umbridae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only species present in Clyde Creek were blacknose shiner, Iowa darter, central mudminnow, and pearl dace.
    • Other than some minnows and salmonids, only longnose sucker and the two species of mudminnow appear to have been collected less often than might be expected.
    • Whereas most books of this nature cover only fossil mammals, this bestiary starts with mudminnows and ends with mammoths - amphibians, reptiles, and birds are in between.
    • Briefly, this is the domain of two freshwater clans, the pike and the mudminnows.
    • They prey on such fish as the cisco (lake herring), lake whitefish, central mudminnow, and golden shiner.
 
 
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