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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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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Additionally, over 500 tidewater gobies were saved from a lagoon at the base of the creek in a separate effort.
—Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
At first, Nuala had actually claimed to like this cramped, cluttered space with windows that rattled when buses and trucks went by.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The shrimp excavates and maintains a burrow in the sand, offering shelter to both itself and the goby.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Additionally, over 500 tidewater gobies were saved from a lagoon at the base of the creek in a separate effort.
—Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
This notion has gone by the wayside because the social contract between home and school is no longer enforced.
—Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
At first, Nuala had actually claimed to like this cramped, cluttered space with windows that rattled when buses and trucks went by.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Goby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goby. Accessed 13 Mar. 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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