Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black goby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: black- -go-by
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

Example Sentences

"The Black Goby seldom exceeds the length of five or six inches; it is of the voracious kind, preying on smaller fishes and aquatic insects."

Inflected Forms

black gobies (plural)

Synonyms

sea gudgeon

Questions

What does black goby mean?: Any member of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

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