WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
clin•id
(klin′id),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Fishany of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
adj.
- Fishbelonging or pertaining to the family Clinidae.
- Neo-Latin Clinidae, equivalent. to Clin(us) genus name (of uncertain origin, originally) + -idae -id2
'clinid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):