goby

goby

See also: go by and go-by

English

A Ratan goby (Ponticola ratan) from the Gulf of Odessa, Ukraine

Etymology

From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊbi/

• Audio (southern England)

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Noun

goby (plural goby or gobies)

1. Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
2. A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio.

Derived terms

• black goby
• burrowing goby
• common goby (Pomatoschistus microps)
• dwarfgoby, dwarf goby
• prawn goby
• reefgoby
• shrimp goby
• true goby (Gobiidae)

Translations

certain Gobiidae

Bulgarian: попче n (popče) Catalan: gòbid m Chinese: Mandarin: 蝦虎魚／虾虎鱼 (zh) (xiāhǔyú) Chukchi: канаёԓгын (kanajoḷgyn) Estonian: mudil Finnish: tokko (fi) French: gobie (fr) m German: Grundel f Greek: γωβιός m (goviós), κωβιός m (koviós) Ancient: κωβιός m (kōbiós) Hungarian: géb Irish: snag m, mac siobháin m Italian: ghiozzo (it) m Japanese: ハゼ (haze), 鯊 (ja) (はぜ, haze), 沙魚 (はぜ, haze) Kazakh: бұзаубас балық (būzaubas balyq) Ottoman Turkish: قیا بالغی‎ (kaya balığı) Portuguese: góbio m Russian: бычо́к (ru) m (byčók) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: главоч m Latin: glavoč (sh) m Seri: canaaajöa, conaaajöa Tagalog: bia, biya Vietnamese: cá bống (vi)

gudgeon — see gudgeon

See also

• mudskipper

References

• goby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gobiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gobiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gudgeon (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bogy, boyg