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cockabullies

cockabullies is the plural of cockabully.

Meaning of cockabully

Noun

cockabully (plural cockabullies)

  1. (New Zealand) Any of various small, blunt-nosed freshwater fishes, especially gobies of the genus Gobiomorphus.
    • 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.1982, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 30
  2. (New Zealand) Any of various marine fishes of the family Tripterygiidae, found in rockpools and coastal waters.

Questions about cockabullies

What is cockabullies the plural of?
Cockabullies is the plural of cockabully.

Words near cockabullies in the dictionary

  1. cocka doodle dos
  2. cocka-doodle-do
  3. cocka-doodle-dos
  4. cockable
  5. cockabondy
  6. cockabullies
  7. cockabully
  8. cockache
  9. cockade
  10. cockaded
  11. cockades

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