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English
[edit]Eutrigla gurnardus
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜːnəd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɚnɚd/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡɵːnɘd/
Noun
[edit]gurnard (plural gurnard or gurnards)
- 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.
- (loosely) Other fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae.
Synonyms
[edit]- (fish of Triglidae): sea robin
Hyponyms
[edit]- (fish of Triglidae): bluefin gurnard, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, scaly gurnard, Eastern spiny gurnard, spotted gurnard, spiny red gurnard
Derived terms
[edit]terms derived from gurnard
- African gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)
- armoured gurnard (Peristediidae spp.)
- big-headed gurnard (Prionotus tribulus)
- bluefin gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu)
- Cape gurnard (Chelidonichthys capensis)
- Eastern spiny gurnard (Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica)
- flying gurnard (Dactylopteridae spp.)
- gray gurnard, grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)
- helmet gurnard (Dactylopteridae spp.)
- jaggedhead gurnard (Gargariscus prionocephalus)
- lantern gurnard (Trigla obscura)
- longfin gurnard, long-finned gurnard (Chelidonichthys obscurus)
- lyre gurnard (Trigla lyra)
- oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)
- Pacific red gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu)
- piper gurnard (Trigla lyra)
- purple flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)
- plyling gurnard (Dactylopteridae spp.)
- red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus)
- red gurnard perch, red gurnard scorpionfish (Helicolenus percoides)
- rock gunard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)
- sapphire gurnard (Trigla hirundo)
- sapphirine gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
- scaly gurnard (Lepidotrigla brachyoptera)
- smallscaled gurnard (Chelidonichthys spp.)
- spiny red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus)
- spotted gurnard (Pterygotrigla picta)
- streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)
- tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
- yellow gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
Translations
[edit]marine fish of the family Triglidae
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References
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gurnard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
[edit]- “gurnard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
gurnard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Triglidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Triglidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French gournart; equivalent to groynen + -ard.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gurnard (plural gurnardes)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “gurnard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.
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