gurnard
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.
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How to use gurnard in a sentence
They lie above the limestone at gurnard, Thorness, and Hamstead.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight | J. Cecil HughesThe buoy was reached, and the line once more hauled aboard, this time with a grey gurnard on the first hook.
Menhardoc | George Manville FennA name given to the crooner, crowner, or gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry SmythVaterland; Fa′ther-lash′er, a name applied to two bull-heads found on the British coasts, belonging to the gurnard family.
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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British Dictionary definitions for gurnard
gurnet (ˈɡɜːnɪt)
/ (ˈɡɜːnəd) /
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
Origin of gurnard
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