go·by

(gō′bē)

n. pl. goby or go·bies

Any of numerous usually small spiny-finned fishes of the family Gobiidae, having the pelvic fins united to form a suction disk.

[Latin gōbius, gudgeon, from Greek kōbios; perhaps akin to Akkadian kuppû, an eel-like fish.]

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goby

(ˈɡəʊbɪ)

n, pl -by or -bies

1. (Animals) 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. (Animals) any other gobioid fish

[C18: from Latin gōbius gudgeon, fish of little value, from Greek kōbios]

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go•by

(ˈgoʊ bi)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -by, (esp. for kinds or species) -bies.

any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.

[1760–70; < Latin gōbius gudgeon (variant of gōbiō or cōbius) < Greek kōbiós]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

goby - 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

gudgeon

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

family Gobiidae, Gobiidae - gobies

mudskipper, mudspringer - found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins

Translations

القوبيون: سمك شائِك الزَّعانِف

hlaváč

gobie

géb

kÿtlingur

gružlys

jūrasbullītis

kutling

бычок колбень

kaya balığı

刺鳍鱼虾虎鱼

goby

n (= fish) → Meergrundel f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

goby

(ˈgoubi) – plurals ˈgobies ~ˈgoby – noun

a bony coastal fish with fins that form a sucker by which it clings to rocks.

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Her name was Selina Goby. I agree with the late William Cobbett about picking a wife.

"I have been turning Selina Goby over in my mind," I said, "and I think, my lady, it will be cheaper to marry her than to keep her."

In obedience to the laws, and after turning it over carefully in my mind, I offered Selina Goby a feather-bed and fifty shillings to be off the bargain.

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Goby, as respectable a woman as any in Parley Street, who had money in trust before her marriage-- a poor tale for a doctor, who if he was good for anything should know what was the matter with you before you died, and not want to pry into your inside after you were gone.

Goby, who died apparently of a heart-disease not very clearly expressed in the symptoms, too daringly asked leave of her relatives to open the body, and thus gave an offence quickly spreading beyond Parley Street, where that lady had long resided on an income such as made this association of her body with the victims of Burke and Hare a flagrant insult to her memory.

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During their games, their bounds, while rivalling each other in beauty, brightness, and velocity, I distinguished the green labre; the banded mullet, marked by a double line of black; the round-tailed goby, of a white colour, with violet spots on the back; the Japanese scombrus, a beautiful mackerel of these seas, with a blue body and silvery head; the brilliant azurors, whose name alone defies description; some banded spares, with variegated fins of blue and yellow; the woodcocks of the seas, some specimens of which attain a yard in length; Japanese salamanders, spider lampreys, serpents six feet long, with eyes small and lively, and a huge mouth bristling with teeth; with many other species.

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Goby, the "whittaw," otherwise saddler, who entertains them with the latest Treddleston gossip.

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The German airship was fish-shaped, with a blunted head; the Asiatic airship was also fish-shaped, but not so much on the lines of a cod or goby as of a ray or sole.

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Filmmakers and enthusiasts will have the opportunity to learn about virtual reality (VR) productions from Doha Film Institute's (DFI) VR workshop with Emmy Award-nominated film director Fx Goby scheduled from September 29 until October 3.

DFI hosts virtual reality workshop with Fx Goby

The round goby, a dietary mainstay of the big smallies in Lake Erie and a fish that feeds on zebra mussels, invaded the area in 2006.

Rise of a New Smallmouth Fishery

Try the Risotto di Go, made with goby, a fish found in the lagoon.

Relax in the Lido

DE: A non-native species like the quagga or zebra mussel, goby, or alewife fish is pretty much impossible to eradicate.

Guarding the Great Lakes Interview with Dan Egan, Author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes