Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clingfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cling-fish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

From cling + fish.

Inflected Forms

clingfishes (plural)

Questions

What does clingfish mean?: 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.
Where does clingfish come from?: From cling + fish.

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