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walking-fish|ˈwɔːkɪŋfɪʃ|
[walking ppl. a.]
1. A name given to various fishes (see quots.).
1863J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. III. 289 Walking-fish.—Antennarius hispidus. 1883F. Day Ind. Fish 36 A walking-fish (Ophiocephalus). 1885E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) III. 1041 Walking Fishes of India are species of Ophiocephalidæ. The hissar, or walking fish of S. America, is a species of Callichthys.
2. = silver-fish 2 (Cent. Dict. 1891). |