fundulus

noun

fun·​du·​lus

-ləs

1

capitalized : a genus of carnivorous cyprinodont fishes including the common killifishes

2

plural fundulus : any fish of the genus Fundulus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin fundus bottom + New Latin -ulus

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