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noun
Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A gudgeon, a fish of the subfamily Gobioninae, such as a common gudgeon (Gobio gobio).
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gudgeon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
Narrower terms: mudskipper, mudspringer
History
From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin. See also gudgeon.
Across languages
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