[WALKING ppl. a.]
1. A name given to various fishes (see quots.).
1863. J. G. Wood, Illustr. Nat. Hist., III. 289. Walking-fish.Antennarius hispidus.
1883. F. Day, Ind. Fish, 36. A walking-fish (Ophiocephalus).
1885. E. Balfour, Cycl. India (ed. 3), III. 1041. Walking Fishes of India are species of Ophiocephalidæ. The hissar, or walking fish of S. America, is a species of Callichthys.
2. = SILVER-FISH 2 (Cent. Dict., 1891).