Goby

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  • noun. Any of numerous usually small spiny-finned fishes of the family Gobiidae, having the pelvic fins united to form a suction disk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A fish of the genus Gobius or family Gobiidæ; a gobiid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
  • noun. A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
  • Word Usage
    "But after discussing the plan with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies, he says, regulators abandoned it because the aerators could hurt an endangered fish, the tidewater goby."
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