2 entries under this word

Goby

Gō'by, n.

noun

n. [Fr. gobie, Lat. gobius and gobio, Gr. κωβίος.] (Ichth.) A spiny-finned fish allied to the blenny, and distinguished by having the ventral fins on the breast capable of forming a funnel-shaped sucker. Several species of the genus Gobius are so called. They are mostly small sea-fishes, and can live for some time out of the water.

An engraved illustration of a goby fish shown in side view. — Goby.

Gō'-by, n.

noun

n. 1. Evasion; escape by artifice. Collier. 2. A passing without notice; a thrusting away; a shifting off; as, to give a proposal the go-by. You had had far more in some songs to which we have given the go-by. Prof. Wilson.