Meanings
nounblack goby (plural black gobies or black goby)
plural black gobies
- Any member of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
The Black Goby seldom exceeds the length of five or six inches; it is of the voracious kind, preying on smaller fishes and aquatic insects.
1808, Edward Donovan, The Natural History of British Fishes, volume 5Synonyms: sea gudgeon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Similar
Translations
Catalan burro
- burrofish
Finnish mustatokko
- mustatokkofish
Russian чёрный бычо́к
- чёрный бычо́к (čórnyj byčók)fish
Swedish svart smörbult
- svart smörbultfish
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