Cockabully
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cockabully is a noun meaning (New Zealand) Any of various small, blunt-nosed freshwater fishes, especially gobies of the genus Gobiomorphus.
Meaning
(New Zealand) Any of various small, blunt-nosed freshwater fishes, especially gobies of the genus Gobiomorphus.
More Meanings
- (New Zealand) Any of various marine fishes of the family Tripterygiidae, found in rockpools and coastal waters.
Example Sentences
We knew the plants on its banks and in the creek the rocks, cockabullies, eels and the old weighted shredded sacks of drowned kittens and cats.
Word Forms
- cockabullies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rockfish, bullhead, upokororo, spotty, koura, toadfish.
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