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goby
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go·by  (gb)
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 gbius, gudgeon, from Greek kbios.]

goby
Noun
pl -by or -bies a small spiny-finned fish [Latin gobius gudgeon]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gobygoby - 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
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
mudskipper, mudspringer - found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
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goby
n goby [ˈgoubi]
a bony coastal fish with fins that form a sucker by which it clings to rocks. dikkop القوبيون: سمك شائِك الزَّعانِف вид попче hlaváč die Meergrundel γωβιός gobio mudil ماهی گوبی tokko gobie דָּג גוֹבִּי पंकमीन glavoč géb ikan gobi kÿtlingur ghiozzo はぜ 망둥이 gružlys jūrasbullītis gobi grondel kutling babka guvid бычок hlaváč glavoč vrsta ribe smörbult ปลาบู่ kaya balığı 刺鰭魚, 蝦虎魚 бичок ایک قسم کی مچھلی جس کے شکمی مہیپر مل کر ایک ہوا چوس عضو بناتے ہیں جو انہیں سطح پر اٹھائے رکھتا ہے cá bống ,


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