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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Goby \Go"by\, n.; pl {Gobies}. [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr ? Cf {Gudgeon}.] (Zo["o]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: goby n : 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 [syn: {gudgeon}]
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