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Definition of "goby" [go•by]

  • Any of numerous usually small spiny-finned fishes of the family Gobiidae, having the pelvic fins united to form a suction disk. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "goby" in a sentence
  • "But after discussing the plan with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies, he says, regulators abandoned it because the aerators could hurt an endangered fish, the tidewater goby."
  • "My favorite freshwater fish was sold to me as an “emerald goby”."
  • "Yes | No | Report from Ryan Dufner wrote 31 weeks 6 days ago try live goby if your fishing the great lakes it works better than anything else here"