goby

See also: go by and go-by

English

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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəubɪ/

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 ()
• dwarfgoby, dwarf goby
• prawn goby
• reefgoby
• shrimp goby
• true goby (Gobiidae)

Translations

certain Godiidae

• Catalan: gòbid m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蝦虎魚／虾虎鱼 (zh) (xiāhǔyú), 虾虎鱼 (zh) (xiāhǔyú)

• Chukchi: канаёԓгын (kanajoḷgyn)
• Finnish: tokko (fi)
• French: gobie (fr) m
• German: Grundel f
• Greek: γωβιός m (goviós), κωβιός m (koviós)

  Ancient: κωβιός m (kōbiós)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• Russian: бычо́к (ru) m (byčók)
• 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
• Category:Gobiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gudgeon (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bogy, boyg