English noun: gudgeon | |||
1. | gudgeon (animal) small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker | ||
Synonyms | goby | ||
Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mudskipper, mudspringer | ||
Member meronym | family Gobiidae, Gobiidae | ||
2. | gudgeon (animal) small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers | ||
Synonyms | Gobio gobio | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cyprinid, cyprinid fish | ||
Member meronym | genus Gobio, Gobio | ||