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goby
[ goh-bee ]
noun
- any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.
goby
/ ˈɡəʊbɪ /
noun
- 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
- any other gobioid fish
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A Rumor of Angels: Quotations for Living, Dying and Letting Goby Gail Perry Johnson and Jill Perry Rabideau.
That woman Mrs Goby rushed into the study when he was working; it was this morning, when I happened to be out.
He hastened into the carriage-path, following the footprints made by the trio from Goby House.
So the little Goby, when nesting time comes, hunts round for the empty shell of a Cockle lying with its hollow side to the sand.
The female Goby enters the nest, and leaves her eggs in it; and then the little father fish is left in charge.
The Spotted Goby, as we have already noticed, makes a nest under a shell, and guards it until the eggs hatch.
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