clingfish

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clingfish

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From cling + fish.

noun clingfish · clingfishes

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.

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noun marine fish

Русский	прилипа́ла prilipála

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"clingfish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clingfish. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{clingfish_2026,
  title = {clingfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clingfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}