sleeper
- noun
- /ˈsliːpər/
- Australian
:
eleótido
- In the shallow waters of the reef, the sleeper quietly rested on the sand.
- gobies and sleepers
- smallscaled sleeper
- spinycheek sleeper
Examples
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And they are, I think, some of the loveliest sleepers in in that tribe.
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Three of the others are also gobies, and the fifth is a close goby relative called a sleeper because of its sluggish behavior.
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Yet most gobies and many sleepers in the world are marine.
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Although sleepers lack a specialized sucker, they, too, often live in tide pools.
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Gobies are the fish most often encountered in island streams, and in Pacific island streams, they are typically joined by sleepers.
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Most fish species cannot tolerate such fluctuations, but some gobies and sleepers have adapted physiologically in ways that have enabled them to thrive.
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A tolerance for low levels of salinity would enable a goby or sleeper to jump from the harsh, cramped environment of a tide pool to the wide fan of brackish water that forms where a stream enters the ocean.
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Lacking the gobies' chest sucker, Hawai'i's freshwater sleeper (Eleotris sandwicensis) had to settle for life at sea level.
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The sleeper fish is often found hiding among the rocks in the lagoon.
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As the tide receded, the sleeper remained still on the ocean floor, blending in with its surroundings.
Synonyms
A small tropical fish that rests quietly on the shallow sandy bottom
A fish that lives near the bottom of lakes, rivers, or the sea
Compounds
- Specialized
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How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sleeper comes from the root sleep 'to rest'. The small fish is called a sleeper because it often rests motionless on the bottom like it is sleeping.