gurnard

[ gur-nerd ]

/ ˈgɜr nərd /

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noun, plural (especially collectively) gur·nard, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gur·nards.

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.

flying gurnard.

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Origin of gurnard

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

Words nearby gurnard

gurjun, Gurkha, Gurkhali, Gurmukhi, gurn, gurnard, gurney, Gurneyite, gurrier, gurry, Gürsel

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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 Hughes
The buoy was reached, and the line once more hauled aboard, this time with a grey gurnard on the first hook.
Menhardoc|George Manville Fenn
A name given to the crooner, crowner, or gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
Vaterland; Fa′ther-lash′er, a name applied to two bull-heads found on the British coasts, belonging to the Gurnard family.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

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.
Yachting Vol. 1|Various.

British Dictionary definitions for gurnard

gurnard

gurnet (ˈɡɜːnɪt)

/ (ˈɡɜːnəd) /

noun plural -nard, -nards, -net or -nets

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

Word Origin for gurnard

C14: from Old French gornard grunter, from grognier to grunt, from Latin grunnīre

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