Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various gobies, chiefly of the genus Periophthalmus, that are found in coastal areas of the Indo-Pacific region and western Africa and are able to move about on land using their pectoral fins.
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- noun Any of various
gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strongpectoral fins that act as simple legs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
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Examples
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But in reading this account, weren’t you struck by how cavalierly the news agency threw out the term mudskipper?
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If you’re lucky, you may see a fish called the mudskipper climbing on the roots, using its tail and fins as a makeshift set of legs.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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If you’re lucky, you may see a fish called the mudskipper climbing on the roots, using its tail and fins as a makeshift set of legs.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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If you’re lucky, you may see a fish called the mudskipper climbing on the roots, using its tail and fins as a makeshift set of legs.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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A better example than the mudskipper would be the coelacanths, or lobe-fin fish which, along with lungfish, diverged about the same time as tetrapods (as supported by genetic evidence).
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But if he's a fish out of water, then Baker is something of a mudskipper, a fish that also walks on land.
Aspiring opera singer finds racial harmony at Suitland High 2010
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Hey Henry, is what a mudskipper walks on a fin or a foot?
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Her mouth opened and closed like a mudskipper as she bleated confusedly, Lord Mountrachet?
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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Her mouth opened and closed like a mudskipper as she bleated confusedly, Lord Mountrachet?
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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Her mouth opened and closed like a mudskipper as she bleated confusedly, Lord Mountrachet?
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
hernesheir commented on the word mudskipper
It's a fish.
January 2, 2012