gurnard

Meaning

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.

Related

Similar words

• sea robin

Narrower meaning words

• bluefin gurnard, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, scaly gurnard, Eastern spiny gurnard, spotted gurnard, spiny red gurnard

Origin

• From Middle English gurnard, from Old French gournart, from the verb gronir, from Latin grunnīre. Compare French grondin, which evolved in a similar way.