goby

goby [goh-bee] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural (especially collectively) go·by, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) go·bies.

1. any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
2. any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.

Origin of goby 1760–70; Latin gōbius gudgeon (spelling variant of gōbiō or cōbius) Greek kōbiós Examples from the Web for gobies Historical Examples of gobies

I fear the Gobies and the Gabies are turning in their graves.

The ghosts of their ancestors

Weymer Jay Mills

Sticklebacks, gobies, grey mullets, blennies are among the best-known examples.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3

Various

Moreover, a number of related species of gobies occur in the neighborhood.

Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900

Various

Some of the gobies make nests in which to bring up their little ones, just as the sticklebacks do.

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History

Theodore Wood

This may exist in the breeding season only, as in the fresh-water lampreys, or it may persist through life as in some gobies.

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)

David Starr Jordan

British Dictionary definitions for gobies goby noun plural -by or -bies

1. any small spiny-finned fish of the family Gobiidae, of coastal or brackish waters, having a large head, an elongated tapering body, and the ventral fins modified as a sucker
2. any other gobioid fish

Word Origin for goby C18: from Latin gōbius gudgeon, fish of little value, from Greek kōbios Word Origin and History for gobies goby n.

kind of fish, 1769, from Latin gobius, from Greek gobios, name of a type of small fish, of unknown origin.