GOBY

goby, gudgeon

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

goby (plural goby or gobies)

Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.

A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio.

Anagrams

• bogy, boyg

Source: Wiktionary

Go"by, n.; pl. Gobies. Etym: [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. Gudgeon.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

Go"-by`, n.

Definition: A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by. Some songs to which we have given the go-by. Prof. Wilson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition