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clingfish

clingfish noun: 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.

Noun

clingfish (plural clingfish or clingfishes)

  1. 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.

clingfish meaning in Tamil

clingfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of clingfish

pluralclingfish
pluralclingfishes

Origin of clingfish

From cling + fish.

Questions about clingfish

What does clingfish mean?
Clingfish means 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.
What is clingfish in Tamil?
Clingfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Clingfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is clingfish?
Clingfish is a noun.
What is the plural of clingfish?
The plural of clingfish is clingfish.

Words near clingfish in the dictionary

  1. clingest
  2. clingeth
  3. clingfilm
  4. clingfilmed
  5. clingfilms
  6. clingfish
  7. clingfishes
  8. clingier
  9. clingiest
  10. clingily
  11. clinginess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clingfish (page history and authors); clingfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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