cockabully

== English == === Etymology === Probably from Māori kōkopuruao (“banded kokopu”), with alternation of the ending after bully (“goby of the genus Gobiomorphus”). Compare kokopu. === Noun === cockabully (plural cockabullies) (New Zealand) Any of various small, blunt-nosed freshwater fishes, especially gobies of the genus Gobiomorphus. [from 19th c.] (New Zealand) Any of various marine fishes of the family Tripterygiidae, found in rockpools and coastal waters. [from 20th c.] ==== Translations ====