clinid

[klin-id]

noun

any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the family Clinidae.

Origin of clinid

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

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