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Definition of Gobioid

1. a. Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.

Definition of Gobioid

1. Adjective. (zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus ''Gobius''. ¹

2. Noun. (zoology) Any fish of this kind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gobioid

1. a fish of the goby family [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gobioid

1. Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius. A gobioid fish. Origin: NL. Gobius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobioid

Literary usage of Gobioid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1895)
"... A NEW GENUS OF gobioid FISHES. BY DAVID STARR JORDAN. The species of fish described by Jordan and Gilbert from Mazatlan, under the name of Gobiosoma ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... gobioid. ... gobioid (gö'bi-oid), a. and HI a. Pertaining to or having the characters of the ..."

3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... two remarkable forms of gobioid fishes found in Scandinavia. Institution of Civil Engineers, March 26.—Mr. Bateman, president, in the chair. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"Bulletin Essex Institute, xiii, 1891. A Silk-Spinning Cave Larva. Science, xxii, No. 546, July 21, 1893, p. 33. Smith, Rosa. Description of a new gobioid ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"BENJAMIN SHARP, MD Jar of gobioid fishes, Swatow, China. EI SIMPSON. Two fishes, Salem, New Jersey. VISITOR. Burr Fish, Atlantic City, ..."

6. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"... the gobioid fishes of Japan, with Washington, UC, Smithsonian In*t., Nation. Mus. Proc., 24, 1901, (33-132). Desc two new genera of fishes ..."

7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1846)
"... gobioid families, but with a dissimilarity in some of the generic forms, though there are also many genera identical with those of the northern ones. ..."

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