Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gobioid fishes, with the eyes approximated on the upper surface of the head, very prominent, and capable of looking around, whence the name. P. koelreuteri is an example.
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- noun a genus of Gobiidae
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Examples
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When this mollusk sees periophthalmus bounding over the sands (and that it does see is beyond all question), what does it do?
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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David called him a close-eyed gudgeon (_periophthalmus_).
In the Wilds of Africa William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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