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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


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]