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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clingfish1

First recorded in 1890–95; cling 1 + fish

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