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ˈcling-fish
[f. cling v.1]
A small carnivorous fish of the family Gobiesocidæ, possessing a sucker on the underside of its body by which it is enabled to cling to any object.
1893in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1904G. A. Boulenger in Camb. Nat. Hist. VII. 708 Cling-Fishes..can live a long time out of water. 1931J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes iv. 81 The Cling-fishes (Gobiesocidæ) are curious little creatures found between tide-marks among loose stones and shells, to which they adhere firmly. 1969A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.W. Europe 575, I have chosen to use the American family name clingfish, rather than employ the so-called vernacular ‘sucker’ which is a potential source of confusion. |