clingfish

English

Etymology

cling +‎ fish

Noun

clingfish (plural clingfish or clingfishes)

A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.

Translations

marine fish

Bulgarian: риба-прилепало

Russian: прилипа́ла (ru) f (prilipála)

References

clingfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gobiesocidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gobiesocidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

filchings

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