barred killifish

A small fish from two to four inches in length, which frequents salt-water creeks, floats, and the vicinity of wharves.

← barratry × barrel →

Killifish
·noun Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. ...

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killifish
(Genus fundulus.) A small fish found in the salt water creeks and hays, from one to five inches in l...

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Barred
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Bar>>. ...

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Barred owl
·- A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); — so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown c...

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Close-barred
·adj Firmly barred or closed. ...

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