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goby
- /ˈɡəʊbi/
Sounds like Gobi
Where it comes from
From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin. See also gudgeon.
noun goby · gobies
- Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker. “It’s estimated that 10,000 yellowfin gobies died … as well as hundreds of striped bass and hundreds of sturgeon,” and the bloom probably is impacting all aquatic species in the area “to some degree,” Traverso said.
- A gudgeon, a fish of the subfamily Gobioninae, such as a common gudgeon (Gobio gobio). For acclimatization in the Barents Sea he recommends using the fish fauna of East Kamchatka and the Bering Sea, especially the Atka mackerel, the Goby Gobio gobio lepidolaemus (half scaled goby) and a species of flatfish, in the[…]
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Talk about this word "goby." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/goby. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. goby. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/goby "goby." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/goby.Cite this
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title = {goby},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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