/goh"bee/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) goby , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) gobies .
1. any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
2. any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.
[ 1760-70; gobius gudgeon (sp. var. of GOBIO or cobius ) kobiós ]