Fundulus
See also: fundulus
Translingual
Fundulus heteroclitus
Etymology
From Latin fundulus (“a kind of sausage”), from fundus (“bottom”) + -ulus (“diminutive suffix”).
Proper noun
Fundulus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fundulidae – certain killifishes, topminnows.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha - clades; Cyprinodontiformes - order; Cyprinodontoidei - suborder; Fundulidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichog) - type species; for other species see
Fundulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Further reading
Fundulus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Fundulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Fundulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Fundulus at World Register of Marine Species
- Fundulus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Fundulus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Fundulus at Encyclopedia of Life
Latin
Etymology
From fundulus (“a kind of sausage”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.du.lus/, [ˈfʊn̪d̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.du.lus/, [ˈfun̪d̪ulus]
Proper noun
Fundulus m sg (genitive Fundulī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Fundanius Fundulus, a Roman consul
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Fundulus |
| Genitive | Fundulī |
| Dative | Fundulō |
| Accusative | Fundulum |
| Ablative | Fundulō |
| Vocative | Fundule |
References
- “Fundulus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray