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Clinidae

noun

viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas

• Syn: ↑family Clinidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Blennioidea, ↑suborder Blennioidea

• Member Meronyms: ↑clinid, ↑clinid fish, ↑Chaenopsis, ↑genus Chaenopsis

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\\ˈklinəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Clinus, type genus + -idae

: a family of viviparous blennies widely distributed in the intertidal zone of temperate and tropical seas and especially abundant in California and southern Africa

Useful english dictionary. 2012.