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plural gobies also goby
: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes (family Gobiidae) that usually have the pelvic fins united to form a ventral sucking disk
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The discovery comes just weeks after another new goby species was identified nearby in a June 24 study, McClatchy News reported.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
The 39-year-old man, who goes by SouthlandMax on Reddit, babysat his 9-year-old niece while his brother and 31-year-old sister-in-law (SIL) had a date night.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Even still, this past week’s rainstorms threatened to send loads of sediment down the mountains into the waters where the little gobies live.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The discovery comes just weeks after another new goby species was identified nearby in a June 24 study, McClatchy News reported.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
Verb
Barely a day went by during the transfer window without Chelsea’s name being mentioned.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
The 39-year-old man, who goes by SouthlandMax on Reddit, babysat his 9-year-old niece while his brother and 31-year-old sister-in-law (SIL) had a date night.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Goby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goby. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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goby
noun
go·by
ˈgō-bē 
plural gobies also goby
: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes that often have the pelvic fins united to form a sucking disk
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