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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A stout-bodied killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) of the Atlantic coast south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, valued especially as bait.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A hardy killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, found in brackish and coastal waters of the United States and Canada.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; -- called also minnow.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Etymologies

  1. From Narragansett moamitteaug. (Wiktionary)
  2. Narragansett moamitteaūg. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • hernesheir It's a fish. Jan 2, 2012

  • sionnach It's like Goldilocks and the three chogs! Sep 21, 2009

  • bilby Move over, smurfs! Dec 17, 2007

  • sonofgroucho What about babichog? Dec 17, 2007

  • sionnach Is there a daddichog? Dec 17, 2007

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