ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
: any of several small Asiatic and Polynesian gobies (genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus ) that are able to leave the water and skip about actively over wet mud and sand and even to climb the roots of mangroves by means of fleshy modified pectoral fins