English Explanatory Dictionary

cockabully

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various small, blunt-nosed freshwater fishes, especially gobies of the genus Gobiomorphus.
  2. Any of various marine fishes of the family Tripterygiidae, found in rockpools and coastal waters.

Word forms

cockabully cockabullies

Etymology

Probably from Māori kōkopuruao (“banded kokopu”), with alternation of the ending after bully (“goby of the genus Gobiomorphus”). Compare kokopu.

Translations

Māori: kokopara
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