clingfish

[ kling-fish ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) cling·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cling·fish·es.

any fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a sucking disk on the abdomen for clinging to stones, debris, etc.

Origin of clingfish

First recorded in 1890–95; cling¹ + fish

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British Dictionary definitions for clingfish

clingfish

/ (ˈklɪŋˌfɪʃ) /

nounplural -fish or -fishes

any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc

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