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plural gobies also goby
: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes (family Gobiidae) that usually have the pelvic fins united to form a ventral sucking disk
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The shrimp excavates and maintains a burrow in the sand, offering shelter to both itself and the goby.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Charles Lloyd Bovaird Ii, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
And once the rope is let go by the leader everyone else will follow, and there will be no saving this regime, or this rebuild.
—Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
And this piece by Times staff writer Lila Seidman about a group of biologists saving hundreds of tidewater goby reminded me how cute fish can be.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The shrimp excavates and maintains a burrow in the sand, offering shelter to both itself and the goby.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
However, the TikTok influencer who goes by Wendy O provided a more complicated explanation, pointing to several factors that may have contributed to bitcoin’s latest depreciation.
—Charles Lloyd Bovaird Ii, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
And once the rope is let go by the leader everyone else will follow, and there will be no saving this regime, or this rebuild.
—Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Goby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goby. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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goby
noun
go·by
ˈgō-bē 
plural gobies also goby
: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes that often have the pelvic fins united to form a sucking disk
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