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mudskipper

US/ˈmʌdˌskɪpɚ/

mudskipper noun: any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.

mudskipper: any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by...
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Noun

mudskipper (plural mudskippers)

  1. Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.

mudskipper meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malay and Indonesian

mudskipper in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

mudskipper in Bengali

goby
চিড়িং মাছ ciṛiṅ mach

mudskipper in Malay

goby
belacak, ikan belacak

mudskipper in Indonesian

goby
tembakul
More languagesFewer languages
mudskipper in Thai
ปลาตีน
mudskipper in Vietnamese
thòi lòi, cá thòi lòi, cá lác, cá lác ngoách
mudskipper in Myanmar
ငါးဖျံ nga:hpyam

Forms of mudskipper

pluralmudskippers

Origin of mudskipper

From mud + skipper.

Questions about mudskipper

What does mudskipper mean?
Mudskipper means any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
What is mudskipper in Tamil?
Mudskipper in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Mudskipper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mudskipper?
Mudskipper is a noun.
How do you pronounce mudskipper?
Mudskipper is pronounced /ˈmʌdˌskɪpɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of mudskipper?
The plural of mudskipper is mudskippers.

Words near mudskipper in the dictionary

  1. mudsharked
  2. mudsharking
  3. mudsharks
  4. mudsill
  5. mudsills
  6. mudskipper
  7. mudskippers
  8. mudsled
  9. mudsleds
  10. mudslide
  11. mudslides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mudskipper (page history and authors); mudskipper (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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