goby
pronunciation
How to pronounce goby in British English:
UK [ˈgəʊbi]
How to pronounce goby in American English:
US [ˈgoʊbi]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- goby (n.)
- kind of fish, 1769, a modern scientific usage, from Latin gobius, from Greek kobios, name of a type of small fish, of unknown origin. Related: Gobiid.
Example
- 1. Non-new species : priolepis nocturna a rarely seen reef goby
- 2. Ncluding fish such as the goby and the garibaldi , which unfortunately happens to be california 's state marine fish .
- 3. And thus , in july this year , dr victor 's mystery goby became coryphopterus kuna .
- 4. Joe geever of the surfrider foundation says desalination uses too much energy and that poseidon 's plant would kill too much marine life , including fish such as the goby and the garibaldi , which unfortunately happens to be california 's state marine fish .