Goby Definition

gōbē
gobies
noun
gobies
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.
Webster's New World

A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio.

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Singular:
goby
Plural:
gobies

Origin of Goby

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

    From Wiktionary

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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