[WALKING ppl. a.]

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  1.  A name given to various fishes (see quots.).

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1863.  J. G. Wood, Illustr. Nat. Hist., III. 289. Walking-fish.—Antennarius hispidus.

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1883.  F. Day, Ind. Fish, 36. A walking-fish (Ophiocephalus).

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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.

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  2.  = SILVER-FISH 2 (Cent. Dict., 1891).

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