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clinid

[klin-id]
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noun
  1. any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
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adjective
  1. belonging or pertaining to the family Clinidae.
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Origin of clinid

< New Latin Clinidae, equivalent to Clin(us) genus name (of uncertain origin) + -idae -id2
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