mudskipper

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Imagine tiger woods carrying around a blow up doll after ... mudskipper: While it wasn't players visiting local Clubs … The Wallabies meet the Players Day in North Sydney Oval was an excellent event.

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  1. noun Any of several fishes of the family Gobiidae, especially of the genus Periophthalmus, that are found along the western coast of tropical Africa and in the Indo-Pacific region and are able to survive out of water and maneuver on land.

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  • "But then it started moving forward and not falling over straight away - and then it got better and better until it could eventually hop along the bench like a mudskipper." —  New Scientist - Online News
  • Imagine tiger woods carrying around a blow up doll after ... mudskipper: While it wasn't players visiting local Clubs … The Wallabies meet the Players Day in North Sydney Oval was an excellent event. —  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion
  • The judiciary's decision on Smith has absolutely nothing to do ... mudskipper: While it wasn't players visiting local Clubs … The Wallabies meet the Players Day in North Sydney Oval was an excellent event. —  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion
  • Ultimately he has played against most of the international props in the world and even if he isn't particularly dominating ... mudskipper: Davo … Really can't see Sydney Uni beating the Brumbies … they aren't that good. —  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion
  • I mean, watching console players play FPSes is watching a mudskipper flopping along the bank, thinking "god I'm slick." —  CrunchGear
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