Hypertext Webster Gateway: "goby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Goby \Go"by\, n.; pl. {Gobies}. [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr.
? Cf. {Gudgeon}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus
{Gobius} and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Some songs to which we have given the go-by. --Prof.
Wilson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
goby
n : 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: {gudgeon}]
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