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goby

[ goh-bee ]

noun

plural (especially collectively) goby, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gobies.
  1. any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
  2. any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.


goby

/ ˈɡəʊɪ /

noun

  1. any small spiny-finned fish of the family Gobiidae, of coastal or brackish waters, having a large head, an elongated tapering body, and the ventral fins modified as a sucker
  2. any other gobioid fish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of goby1

1760–70; < Latin ōܲ gudgeon (spelling variant of ōō or ōܲ ) < Greek ōó
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of goby1

C18: from Latin ōܲ gudgeon, fish of little value, from Greek ōDz
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Less than a week before the trout were evacuated, 760 northern tidewater gobies — tiny endangered fish — were scooped out of the same watershed and transported to aquariums.

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Tidewater gobies are a hardy fish fallen on hard luck.

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On their honeymoon, they went to a southern point in San Diego to collect goby fish specimens.

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Organizers of the triathlon did not receive confirmation of the tidewater goby’s presence in the Zuma Beach underpass until late August.

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County’s Department of Beaches and Harbors confirmed that state Fish and Wildlife officials and the regional water board had directed the county to not disturb the tidewater goby.

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