Gurnard

//ˈɡɜːnəd// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various marine fish of the family Triglidae that have a large armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom.
  2. 2
    bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom wordnet
  3. 3
    Other fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae. broadly
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4795).

Synonyms

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sea robin

Etymology

From Middle English gurnard, from Old French gournart, from the verb gronir, from Latin grunnīre (“to grunt”). Compare French grondin (“gurnard”), which evolved in a similar way.

Related phrases

African gurnardCape gurnardPacific red gurnardarmoured gurnardbig-headed gurnardbluefin gurnardeastern spiny gurnardflying gurnardgray gurnardgrey gurnardhelmet gurnardjaggedhead gurnard

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