cling-fishn.

Etymology: < cling v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcling-fish.

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.

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suck-fish1753

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1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I

1904 G. A. Boulenger in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VII. 708 Cling-Fishes..can live a long time out of water.

1931 J. 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.

1969 A. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cling-fish
释义	cling-fishn. Etymology: < cling v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcling-fish. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > [noun] > order Gobiesociformes > cling-fish suck-fish1753 sucking-fish1776 sucker1828 sucker-fish1867 cling-fish1893 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I 1904 G. A. Boulenger in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VII. 708 Cling-Fishes..can live a long time out of water. 1931 J. 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. 1969 A. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1893
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