gurnard
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gurnard,
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gurnards
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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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Etymology
Origin of gurnard
1275–1325; Middle English < Old French gornard, probably literally, grunter ≪ Latin grunnīre to grunt
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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
A name for the yellow gurnard among the northern fishermen.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Pengurn is the ancient Cornu-British name for these fishes, and signifies hard head; and its English translation is now sometimes given to the grey gurnard.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832 by Various
Although never found very far from the coast, gurnards descend to depths of several hundred fathoms; and as they are bottom-fish they are caught chiefly by means of the trawl.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Why, there was a big turbot, and a sole or two, and a great skate with a prickly back, and gurnards and dog-fish.”
From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.
The gem-like colours of the male dragonet, the butterfly wings of certain gurnards, and the decorated tails of some exotic carps all point in the same direction.
From Charles Darwin by Allen, Grant
The third and fourth both had gurnards upon them.
From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.
Him, to her joy, Esther perceived—she saw a stack of gurnards on his improvised slab, and in imagination smelt herself frying them.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
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