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goby

(gō′bē)

noun pl. gobies or goby

any of a family (Gobiidae) of small, predatory, spiny-finned percoid fishes of tropical and subtropical seas: the pelvic fins are united as a suction disk that clings to rocky surfaces

Origin: L gobio, gobius, gudgeon < Gr kōbios

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noun pl. goby 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.

Origin:

Origin: Latin gōbius, gudgeon

Origin: , from Greek kōbios

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