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Gobiesocidae

noun

clingfishes

• Syn: ↑family Gobiesocidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi

• Member Meronyms: ↑Gobiesox, ↑genus Gobiesox, ↑clingfish

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\(ˌ)gōˌbīəˈsäsəˌdē, ˌgōbēə-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gobiesoc-, Gobiesox, type genus + -idae

: a family of small marine teleost fishes that have soft dorsal and anal fins and a large sucker formed in part by the pelvic fins located well forward on the throat and that form an order Xenopterygii or in some classifications a highly specialized suborder of Percomorphi — compare clingfish

Useful english dictionary. 2012.