goby

[ UK /ɡˈə‍ʊbi/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
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How To Use goby In A Sentence

  • But sometimes they seem to be the first people to forget that that fact; at least if their stuttering defences and denialsareanything to goby. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
  • Goby made vigorous play with the claret-bottle during the brief interval of potation allowed to him; he, too, little deeming that he should never drink bumper there again; Clive looking on with the melancholy and silent acquiescence which had, of late, been his part in the household. The Newcomes
  • Few Great Lakes bird or fish species eat zebras directly, but another Eurasian invader, the round goby, gobbles them up.
  • Gobiodon okinawae, yellow clown goby, male, guarding its eggs in Caulastrea furcata, teal candy cane coral, by Kevin McCarthy — Neither of these specimens is rare or endangered, but they are both fascinating. Photography contest: Finalists, General Category - The Panda's Thumb
  • Endemic fish include the Malpelo barnacle-blenny Acanthenblemaria stephensi, Malpelo wrasse Halichoeres malpelo, pretty goby Chriolepis lepidotus, Rubinoff's triplefin Axoclinus rubinoffi and twinspot triplefin Lepidonectes bimaculata. Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia
  • Count Egmont going to execution; in which I have the honour to figure as a halberdier, Captain Hoby as the Count, and Captain Goby as the Duke of Alva, looking out of window. The Newcomes
  • We tested for such a preference in a fish, the two-spotted goby (Gobiusculus flavescens, Gobiidae), for which a male preference for colorful females has been demonstrated.
  • Other potential culprits include corkwing wrasse and goby. New Scientist - Online News
  • Objective To explore the feasibility of bare goby a laboratory animal.
  • 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. Tiny Town Is Awash in Water Woes
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