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English Dictionary: Goby by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
    Synonym(s): goby, gudgeon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goby \Go"by\, n.; pl. {Gobies}. [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr.
      [?] Cf. {Gudgeon}.] (Zo[94]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.
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