clingfish

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noun

A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.

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Meanings

nounclingfish (plural clingfish or clingfishes)

plural clingfishes

  1. A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.

Origin

From cling + fish.

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Translations

Bulgarian риба-прилепало
  • риба-прилепало (riba-prilepalo)marine fish
Polish grotnikowaty
  • grotnikowatymarine fish
Russian прилипа́ла
  • прилипа́ла (prilipála)marine fish
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Chicago

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