gurnard

American  

[gur-nerd] / ˈgɜr nərd /

noun

plural

gurnard,

plural

gurnards

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.

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gurnard British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of gurnard

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

Example Sentences

John Dory, red mullet, gurnard, sardines, anchovies, cuttlefish and squid would all become more common in the North Sea, he said.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2015

A small Turner watercolour of a gurnard took my breath away: there's almost nothing there on the scrap of paper, yet it's a miraculous invocation of the stolid little fish.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

Morrisons has also reported strong sales of fish sourced from Cornwall and Devon, including John Dory, red gurnard and dab.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2012

In this bay vast quantities of fish resembling the gurnard were found, so that in two or three hours, with only four or five hooks and lines, sometimes four hundred were taken.

From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles

This grunting noise gave rise to the name “gurnard,” which is probably an adaptation or variation of the Fr. grognard, grumbler, cf. the Fr. grondin, gurnard, from gronder, and Ger.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various