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[syn: goby, gudgeon]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Goby \Go"by\, n.; pl. Gobies. [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr.
? Cf. Gudgeon.] (Zool.)
One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus
Gobius and allied genera.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Go-by \Go"-by`\, n.
A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting
away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the
go-by.
[1913 Webster]
Some songs to which we have given the go-by. --Prof.
Wilson.
[1913 Webster] gocart
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
goby
n 1: 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 [syn: goby, gudgeon]