Definition of gurnard Gurnard
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NounPlural: gurnards |
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| gurnard - bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom | ||
| scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish fishes having the head armored with bony plates | ||
| family triglidae, triglidae in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) | ||
| trigla lucerna, tub gurnard, yellow gurnard a kind of gurnard | ||
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- gurnard (Noun)
Any of various marine fish of the family Triglidae, that have a large armored head and fingerlike pectoral fin s used for crawling along the sea bottom.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gurnard (n.)
Alt. of Gurnet
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gurnard
gur′nard, n. a genus of fishes having the body rounded, tapering, and covered with small scales, an angular head, the eyes near the summit, and the teeth small and very numerous—(obs.) Gur′net. [From O. Fr. grongnard—grogner, to grunt—L. grunnīre, to grunt.]
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gurnard
A fish of the genus Trigla, so called from its peculiar grunt when removed from the water. Falstaff uses the term "soused gurnet" in a most contemptuous view, owing to its poorness; and its head being all skin and bone gave rise to the saying that the flesh on a gurnard's head is rank poison.
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🔤- gurnard, noun, singular of gurnards.
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