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go·by

(gō′bē)

n. pl. goby or go·bies

Any of numerous usually small spiny-finned fishes of the family Gobiidae, having the pelvic fins united to form a suction disk.

[Latin gōbius, gudgeon, from Greek kōbios; perhaps akin to Akkadian kuppû, an eel-like fish.]

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goby

(ˈɡəʊbɪ)

n, pl -by or -bies

1. (Animals) any small spiny-finned fish of the family Gobiidae, of coastal or brackish waters, having a large head, an elongated tapering body, and the ventral fins modified as a sucker

2. (Animals) any other gobioid fish

[C18: from Latin gōbius gudgeon, fish of little value, from Greek kōbios]

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go•by

(ˈgoʊ bi)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -by, (esp. for kinds or species) -bies.

any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.

[1760–70; < Latin gōbius gudgeon (variant of gōbiō or cōbius) < Greek kōbiós]

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goby - small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker

gudgeon

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

family Gobiidae, Gobiidae - gobies

mudskipper, mudspringer - found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins

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goby

(ˈgoubi) – plurals ˈgobies ~ˈgoby – noun

a bony coastal fish with fins that form a sucker by which it clings to rocks. gobio

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