goby (redirected from gobies)

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.

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[Latin gbius, gudgeon, from Greek kbios.]

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goby [ˈgəʊbɪ]

n pl -by, -bies

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any other gobioid fish

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

goby

n (= fish) → Meergrundel f

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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 mustatokko 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 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 刺鳍鱼, 虾虎鱼