goby
English
Etymology
From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊbi/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Noun
goby (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.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio.
Derived terms
terms derived from goby
- atomgoby
- black goby (Gobius niger, Gobiopsis atrata)
- burrowing goby (Croilia mossambica, Trypauchen vagina)
- common goby (Pomatoschistus microps, Pomatoschistus minutus, Bathygobius spp., etc.)
- coral goby (Pleurosicya micheli)
- coralgoby (Gobiodon citrinus)
- dartgoby
- dart-goby
- dwarfgoby
- dwarf goby (Lythrypnus elasson)
- eel goby (Taenioides cirratus)
- fairygoby
- freshwater goby (Awaous aeneofuscus, Awaous lateristriga, Ctenogobius shufeldti, etc.)
- frill goby (Bathygobius fuscus)
- fringefin goby
- ghostgoby
- ghost goby (Pleurosicya muscarum)
- glider goby
- glidergody
- gobyeel
- mangrove goby (Acentrogobius spp., Mugilogobius spp., etc.)
- mud goby (Valenciennes limicola)
- mudgoby
- naked goby (Croilia mossambica, Gobiosoma bosc)
- oyster goby (Arenigobius leftwichi)
- prawn goby (Amblyeleotris spp., Cryptocentrus spp.)
- pygmygoby
- reefgoby (Priolepis spp.)
- reef-goby
- reef goby
- river goby (Awaous banana, Awaous tajasica)
- sailfin goby (species, Myersina pretoriusi)
- sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus, Pomatoschistus montenegrensis, Fusigobius neophytus, Coryphopterus tortugae)
- shrimp goby (Ambyeleotris bleekeri)
- shrimpgoby (Amblyeleotris spp., Cryptocentrus spp.)
- silt goby (Gobiosoma seminudum)
- sleeper-goby
- sponge goby (Evermannichthys spongicola)
- Stevcic's goby (Gorogobius stevcici)
- streamgoby
- true goby (Gobiidae spp.)
Translations
certain Gobiidae
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gudgeon — see gudgeon
See also
References
goby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Gobiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Gobiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gudgeon (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- goby at OneLook Dictionary Search
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