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SLEEPER GOBY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleeper goby mean?
• SLEEPER GOBY (noun)
The noun SLEEPER GOBY has 1 sense:
1. tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
Familiarity information: SLEEPER GOBY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
sleeper; sleeper goby
Hypernyms ("sleeper goby" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("sleeper goby" is a member of...):
Eleotridae; family Eleotridae (sleepers)
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