goby

go·by

noun

pl. -·bies or -·by

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 of goby

Classical Latin gobio, gobius, gudgeon from Classical Greek k?bios

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goby

noun

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.

Origin of goby

Latin gōbius gudgeon from Greek kōbios perhaps akin to Akkadian kuppû an eel-like fish

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Noun

(plural goby or gobies)

Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio.

Origin

From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbios), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin.

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