clingfish

[ kling-fish ]

noun

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

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

clingfish

/ ˈklɪŋˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of clingfish¹

First recorded in 1890–95; cling ¹ + fish