n.
name sometimes given to a very smallfish of New Zealand, Galaxias attenuatus, Jenyns, family Galaxidae; called also Whitebait (q.v.). TheMaori name is Inanga (q.v.).
·noun Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. T...
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A small fresh-water fish the Leuciscus phoxinus. The term was used in contempt by Shakspeare and the...
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