A fish not fully grown; also, a kind of gudgeon.

Applied to fishes of the genus Gobius or family Gobiidæ: see goby, n.2 sea gudgeon, the Black Goby or Rock-fish. Obsolete.

A freshwater fish: (originally) †the miller's thumb, Cottus gobio, or the gudgeon, Gobio gobio (obsolete); (later) the burbot, Lota lota (now histo…

A goby or gudgeon.

Any of numerous small fishes constituting the perciform family Gobiidae, having the pelvic fins fused to form a disc-like ventral sucker that is…

A gobiid or gobioid fish.

(see gudgeon, n.1 1b).

A fish of the perciform family Gobiidae, which comprises the majority of the gobies. Cf. goby, n.2

Chiefly U.S. regional. Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; esp. (a) the oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, Tautoga onitis…

the common goby, Pomatoschistus minutus.