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A village and civil parish on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4795).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various marine fish of the family Triglidae that have a large armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom.
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noun
Other fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
Narrower terms: tub gurnard, yellow gurnard, Trigla lucerna, sea robin, searobin
History
From Middle English gurnard, from Old French gournart, from the verb gronir, from Latin grunnīre (“to grunt”). Compare French grondin (“gurnard”), which evolved in a similar way.
Across languages
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