goby

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin. See also gudgeon.

Her name was Selina Goby. — The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
"Good morning, Goby," said the millionaire. — The mystery of the Blue Train, Agatha Christie
You know how angry you told me the people were about Mrs. Goby. — Middlemarch, George Eliot

gudgeon

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