Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 clinid /(klĭn"ĭd)/ · clin·id · IPA a. n. 01 a. of or pertaining to the Clinidae, a family of fish of temperate and tropical seas. 1. of or pertaining to the Clinidae, a family of fish of temperate and tropical seas. 02 n. any fish of the family Clinidae, of temperate and tropical seas. 1. any fish of the family Clinidae, of temperate and tropical seas.