Usually means: Fish that adhere to surfaces.
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  1. clingfish: Merriam-Webster
  2. clingfish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clingfish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clingfish: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clingfish: Vocabulary.com
  6. clingfish: Wordnik
  7. clingfish: Wiktionary
  8. clingfish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. clingfish: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. clingfish: Dictionary.com
  11. Clingfish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. clingfish: Rhymezone
  13. clingfish: FreeDictionary.org
  14. clingfish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. clingfish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (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.

Similar:
gobiesociform, gobiesocid, goby, hawkfish, moonfish, crestfish, snailfish, fishlouse, lumpsucker, chinafish, more...

Opposite:
non-adhesive fish, non-sticky fish, slippery fish

Phrases:
shore clingfish, more...

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Similar:
gobiesociform, gobiesocid, goby, hawkfish, moonfish, crestfish, snailfish, fishlouse, lumpsucker, chinafish, more...

Opposite:
non-adhesive fish, non-sticky fish, slippery fish

Phrases:
shore clingfish, more...



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