Mudspringer (Noun)
Meaning
Found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The mudskipper, more commonly known as the mudspringer, was spotted using its powerful fins to propel itself onto the beach.
- Fishermen often see the mudspringer sliding across the muddy surface of the mangrove swamp in search of food.
- As the tide went out, a pair of mudspringers emerged from the shallow waters and began to explore the newly exposed terrain.
- Not far from the burrows of the mudspringers were many shells and other signs that these amphibious fish were well-adapted to life in the coastal mud.
- While most species of fish are bounded by the ocean, the mudspringer is one of the exceptions, comfortably straddling the land-sea divide.