gurnard

[ gur-nerd ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) gur·nard, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gur·nards.

1. any marine fish of the family Triglidae, having an armored, spiny head and the front part of the pectoral fins modified for crawling on the sea bottom.
2. flying gurnard.

gurnard

/ ˈɡɜːnəd; ˈɡɜːnɪt /

noun

1. any European marine scorpaenoid fish of the family Triglidae, such as Trigla lucerna ( tub or yellow gurnard ), having a heavily armoured head and finger-like pectoral fins

Word History and Origins

Origin of gurnard¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Old French gornard, probably literally, grunter ≪ Latin grunnīre to grunt

Word History and Origins

Origin of gurnard¹

C14: from Old French gornard grunter, from grognier to grunt, from Latin grunnīre

Example Sentences

They lie above the limestone at Gurnard, Thorness, and Hamstead.

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The buoy was reached, and the line once more hauled aboard, this time with a grey gurnard on the first hook.

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A name given to the crooner, crowner, or gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).

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Vaterland; Fa′ther-lash′er, a name applied to two bull-heads found on the British coasts, belonging to the Gurnard family.

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Mackerel is what you hope for; gurnard you will put up with; pollack will not be caught in any numbers so far from the shore.

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