Gobioid
/ˈɡoʊ.bi.ɔɪd/noun
Resembling or relating to gobies, especially fishes of the goby group.
Did you know?The root behind goby and gobioid appears in Aristotle’s Greek as kōbios, showing that this fish-name has survived for more than two millennia through scientific Latin.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
κώβιος (kṓbios)
“A kind of small fish, probably related to the modern goby”
Classical Latin
Latin
gobius
“A goby or small fish, borrowed from Greek”
17th Century
New Latin
Gobius
“A scientific genus name for gobies”
19th Century
Scientific English
gobioid
“Resembling or belonging to the goby group, formed with -oid, “like” or “shaped like””
Modern English
English
gobioid
“A goby-like fish or anything relating to gobies”