gurnard
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Definition of gurnard
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- 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.
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noun
- 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.
- (broadly)Other fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae.
name
- A village and civil parish on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4795).
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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.
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