Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the characters of the Gobioidea; like a goby, in a broad sense.
- noun One of the Gobioidea; a goby or goby-like fish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Like, or pertaining to, the
goby , or thegenus Gobius. - noun zoology Any fish of this kind.
Etymologies
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Gobius + -oid
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Examples
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More cryptic but equally fascinating are the mudskippers, a gobioid fish that climbs out of the water into mudflats and even climbs trees.
Sundarbans mangroves 2008
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