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Meaning of GOBY

Pronunciation:  'gowbee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  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
 

GOBY is a 4 letter word that starts with G.

 

 Synonyms: gudgeon
 
 See Also: family Gobiidae, Gobiidae, mudskipper, mudspringer, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Go"by\, n.; pl. {Gobies}. [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr.
? Cf. {Gudgeon}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus
{Gobius} and allied genera.

 

 

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