walking fish

noun

: any of various fishes that are able to conserve oxygen so that they can survive for a considerable time out of water: such as

a

: snakehead sense 3

b

: any of several tropical catfishes (as of the genus Doras or Clarias)

c

: mudskipper

d

: climbing perch

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