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mud•skip•per
Pronunciation: (mud'skip"ur), [key]—
n.
any of several gobies of the genera
Periophthalmus and
Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed. Also called
mudspringer. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.