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CLINID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clinid mean?
• CLINID (noun)
The noun CLINID has 1 sense:
1. mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds
Familiarity information: CLINID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
clinid; clinid fish
Hypernyms ("clinid" is a kind of...):
blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)
Holonyms ("clinid" is a member of...):
Clinidae; family Clinidae (viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas)
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