goby Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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.

WordNet

Go"by noun
Etymology
F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. Cf. Gudgeon.
Wordforms
plural Gobies
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

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