单词 | rockskipper |
释义 | > as lemmasrockskipper rockskipper n. any of various small blennies (family Blenniidae) of the Indo-Pacific which are able to scramble over rocks by means of stout pectoral fins; cf. mudskipper n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Gobioidei > family Gobiidae > member of genus Periophthalmus (mud-skipper) mudskipper1860 mudhopper1896 rockskipper1905 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xxix. 510 The rock-skippers..are herbivorous, with serrated teeth set loosely in their jaws. These live in rock-pools of the tropics and leap from rock to rock. 1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush xi. 154 There are perhaps a hundred or more kinds of rock skippers in tropical oceans, all able to shuffle and wriggle along on spray-soaked rocks. 1998 S. Afr. Jrnl. Zool. 33 115 A larger and more diverse group of blennies.., some of which are called rockskippers, occur in mainly rocky habitats. < as lemmas |
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