Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gobylike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gob-y-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).

Example Sentences

"A large, scaleless gobylike fish with a big head and two well-separated dorsal fins, the first with six flexible spines and the second with 9–10 soft rays; […]"

Etymology

From goby + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: goby

Inflected Forms

more gobylike (comparative) most gobylike (superlative)

Questions

What does gobylike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).
Where does gobylike come from?: From goby + -like.

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