cunner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cunner
First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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He predicted that removing the old traps will help the populations of various fish species including tautog, rock crabs, whelk, cunner and sea bass, as well as the remaining lobsters.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
Feels like a cunner is stealing my bait.
From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John
For the first bait of the first fisherman that ever threw hook into the North Atlantic was taken by a cunner.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop
It may be that the first hook was taken by some other fish, but the cunner got in ahead on the bait.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop
So de fust cunner dat rubs agin it wont knock it off.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
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