Meanings
nounmudskipper (plural mudskippers)
plural mudskippers
- Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfound in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
Similar
mudspringer
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bengali চিড়িং মাছ
- চিড়িং মাছ (ciṛiṅ mach)goby
Chinese Mandarin 彈塗魚 /弹涂鱼
- 彈塗魚 /弹涂鱼 (tántúyú)goby
Danish dyndspringer
- dyndspringergoby
Finnish liejuryömijä
- liejuryömijägoby
German Schlammspringerverwandter
- Schlammspringerverwandtergoby
Icelandic eðjustökkull
- eðjustökkullgoby
Indonesian tembakul
- tembakulgoby
Italian perioftalmo
- perioftalmogoby
Japanese トビハゼ
- トビハゼ (tobihaze)goby
Malay belacak, ikan belacak
- belacakgoby
- ikan belacakgoby
Polish poskoczek mułowy
- poskoczek mułowygoby
Russian и́листый прыгу́н
- и́листый прыгу́н (ílistyj prygún)goby
Spanish pez del fango
- pez del fangogoby
Thai ปลาตีน
- ปลาตีนgoby
Turkish çamur zıpzıpı
- çamur zıpzıpıgoby
Vietnamese thòi lòi, cá thòi lòi
- thòi lòigoby
- cá thòi lòigoby
- cá lácgoby
- cá lác ngoáchgoby
Cite this entry
APA
mudskipper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudskipper
MLA
“mudskipper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudskipper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mudskipper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudskipper.
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