fund monger (fundmung"ger)

An operator or speculator in the public funds. [Rare.] Importing that the present civil war has been got up by jobbers, swindlers, and fund mongers. New York Tribune, June 12, 1862. fund-mongering (fund'mung"ger-ing), n. The act or practice of operating or speculating in the public funds. [Rare.] Thoroughly imbued with hostility to perpetual debts and fund -mongering. N. A. Rev. , CXLIII. 210. Fundulina (fun-du-li'nä), n. pl. [NL., Fun dulus + -ina2.] In Günther's ichthyological system, a subgroup of Cyprinodontidæ carnivo ræ , in which the anal fin of the male is not modified into an intromittent organ, and all the teeth are pointed. It includes the subfamily Fundu linæ and other cyprinodonts.