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Gobio

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n.1.A genus of fish comprising the true gudgeons.
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Noun1.Gobio - true gudgeonsGobio - true gudgeons                        
genus Gobio
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
Gobio gobio, gudgeon - small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
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Males whose nests contain eggs are preferred by female Cottus gobio L.
Timing and duration of mating and brooding periods of Atka mackerel ... by Lauth, Robert R.; Guthridge, Jared; Nichol, Dan; McEntire, Scott W.; Hillgruber, Nicola / Fishery Bulletin
Sexual disruption in a second species of wild cyprinid fish (the Gudgeon, Gobio gobio) in United Kingdom freshwaters.
Assessing the sensitivity of different life stages for sexual ... by Tyler, Charles R. / Environmental Health Perspectives
The gudgeon (from its Latin name, gobio, by way of Old French goujon) is a small fish used for bait, and by analogy, a dupe; but its doublet gudgeon (this one derived from French gojon 'peg') is a socket for a turning pin, as on a rudder, and a gudgeon pin is the same thing as a wrist pin, which "attaches a connecting rod to a wheel, crank, or piston" (ibid.
Classical blather: eons and -eons by Humez, Nick / Verbatim
 
 
 
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