Meanings
noundark sleeper (plural dark sleepers)
plural dark sleepers
- Odontobutis obscura, a freshwater goby found in East Asia
In these species the eggs are defended most strongly, and feeding territories have also been reported for some of them (the dark sleeper and the common freshwater goby).
1980, Jiro Kikkawa, Comparative Ecology, translation of original by Yoshiaki Ito, →ISBN, page 218
Translations
Japanese 鈍甲
- 鈍甲 (donko)Odontobutis obscura
Korean 남방동사리
- 남방동사리 (nambangdongsari)Odontobutis obscura
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