MAYFISH

Etymology

Noun

mayfish (plural mayfish or mayfishes)

A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis).

Source: Wiktionary


May"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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