NOUN | animal | gudgeon, goby | 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 |
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animal | gudgeon, Gobio gobio | small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers |
Sounds | gah'jhahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | goby | |
Member of | Gobiidae, family Gobiidae | gobies |
Narrower | mudskipper, mudspringer | Found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia |
Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
Spanish | gobio | |
Catalan | gobio, gòbit |
Meaning | small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers. | |
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Synonym | Gobio gobio | |
Member of | Gobio, genus Gobio | true gudgeons |
Broader | cyprinid, cyprinid fish | soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales |
Spanish | gobio | |
Catalan | cabot, gobi, gòbit |
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