gurnard
noun
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.
gurnards
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pluralof gurnard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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 third and fourth both had gurnards upon them.
From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.
Among the fishes in the first four cases, the visitor should notice the flying gurnards; the sea scorpions, and flying sea scorpions; the paradise fish; and the perches, including the fingered variety.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Jerrold, W. Blanchard
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
