clingfish

/ˈklɪŋˌfɪʃ/
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Definitions of clingfish
  1. noun
    very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
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    types:
    Gobiesox strumosus, skillet fish, skilletfish
    clingfish with typical skillet shape
    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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