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Word: Gobioid
Speech Type: Adjective
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. From scientific Latin Gobius, genus name + -oid, originally after the former family names French gobioïdes, scientific Latin Gobioides, and scientific Latin Gobioidei
Originally: belonging to the family Gobiidae of perciform fishes (now rare). In later use: of or relating to the large suborder Gobioidei of perciform fishes (or any of its counterparts in other classifications), which comprises the family Gobiidae and certain other families.
Word: Gobioid
Speech Type: Noun
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. From scientific Latin Gobius, genus name + -oid, originally after the former family names French gobioïdes, scientific Latin Gobioides, and scientific Latin Gobioidei
A gobiid or gobioid fish.
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