单词 | mudskipper |
释义 | mudskipper (once / 11819311 pages) n WORD FAMILY mudskipper USAGE EXAMPLESAs the mudskipper's jaws envelop the target, the fish uses its water to manipulate the food. Nature(Mar 17, 2015) The authors suggest that the mudskipper’s “hydrostatic” tongue may serve as the evolutionary bridge that allowed our aquatic ancestors to begin feeding on land. Science Magazine(Mar 17, 2015) They have filmed the bizarre mudskipper fish, an amphibious creature that can move on land using its specially adapted limb-like fins. BBC(Jul 08, 2013) n found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins Syn|Hyper mudspringer 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 |
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