walking fish

walking fish
noun
: any of various fishes that are able to conserve oxygen so that they can survive for a considerable time out of water: as
a. : snakehead 3
b. : any of several tropical catfishes (as of the genus Doras or Clarias)

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any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
[1860-65]

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walking fish noun
Any of various fishes, mainly Asiatic, that are able to move about on land
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Main Entry:walk

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walking fish,
a kind of sea robin that moves along the sea-bottom by using its highly developed thoracic fin rays.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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