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MUDSPRINGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
Synonyms:
mudskipper; mudspringer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mudspringer" is a kind of...):
goby; gudgeon (small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker)
Holonyms ("mudspringer" is a member of...):
genus Periophthalmus; Periophthalmus (a genus of Gobiidae)