goby
Americannoun
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any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
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any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.
noun
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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
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any other gobioid fish
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Etymology
Origin of goby
1760–70; < Latin gōbius gudgeon (spelling variant of gōbiō or cōbius ) < Greek kōbiós
Example Sentences
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Brenton Spies, a lecturer at Cal State University Channel Islands with goby expertise, said gobies play a critical role in the food chain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025
On Friday afternoon, after the successful goby rescue, she wrote in an email that she had just found out she would be going home the following day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
On their honeymoon, they went to a southern point in San Diego to collect goby fish specimens.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023
But this year, the event was on the verge of cancellation after the belated discovery of the tidewater goby, an endangered fish, in an underpass on the biking course.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Ripple was a type of fish called a goby.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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