Gobiidae

plural noun

Go·​bi·​idae

gōˈbīəˌdē

: a family of bony fishes that consists of the gobies and with a few related families constitutes a suborder Gobioidea of the order Percomorphi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Gobius, type genus + -idae

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