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    MAYFISH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    Fundulus majalis; may fish; mayfish; striped killifish

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("mayfish" is a kind of...):

    killifish (small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control)

    Holonyms ("mayfish" is a member of...):

    Fundulus; genus Fundulus (killifish)

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