Definitions for gobies

gobies go·by

Spelling: [goh-bee]
IPA: /ˈgoʊ bi/

Gobies is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in gobies (begios).

Definitions for gobies

noun

  1. any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
  2. any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.

Origin of gobies

1760-70; Latin gōbius gudgeon (spelling variant of gōbiō or cōbius) Greek kōbiós

Examples for gobies

Sticklebacks, gobies, grey mullets, blennies are among the best-known examples.

This may exist in the breeding season only, as in the fresh-water lampreys, or it may persist through life as in some gobies.

I fear the gobies and the Gabies are turning in their graves.

Moreover, a number of related species of gobies occur in the neighborhood.

Mackerels of various genera abound, as well as gobies, blenniesm and mullets.

Into the gill-cavity of these forms small fishes, blennies, gobies, and pearl-fishes often retreat for protection.

One strange thing about the gobies is their trick of anchoring themselves to a stone.

Some of the gobies make nests in which to bring up their little ones, just as the sticklebacks do.

Word Value for gobies
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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