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MUDSPRINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mudspringer mean? 

MUDSPRINGER (noun)
  The noun MUDSPRINGER has 1 sense:

1. found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral finsplay

  Familiarity information: MUDSPRINGER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MUDSPRINGER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mudskipper; mudspringer

Hypernyms ("mudspringer" is a kind of...):

goby; gudgeon (small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker)

Holonyms ("mudspringer" is a member of...):

genus Periophthalmus; Periophthalmus (a genus of Gobiidae)


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