gurnard

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A sea fish with a spiny head and fingerlike fins that crawls on the sea bottom

noun
/ˈɡɜrnərd/

: gurnard

The chef prepared a delicious dish featuring gurnard, highlighting its unique flavor.

Examples

The fisherman caught a gurnard while trawling along the Atlantic coast.
Even one of the dishes was like raw gurnard, like a raw fish.
In the aquarium, we observed a gurnard using its fins to explore the sandy bottom.

Synonyms

Trigla lucerna

vsgurnard

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A sea fish with firm white flesh found in shallow coastal waters of Europe

is the broader coastal bottom-dwelling fish group rather than one species

tub gurnard

vsgurnard

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A red sea fish that has large bright side fins and lives in European waters

is the general bottom-dwelling coastal fish, not only that species

yellow gurnard

vsgurnard

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A fish with yellow fins and head that lives in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby Atlantic waters

is the broader coastal fish group rather than the color-marked species

searobin

vsgurnard

Specialized

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A sea fish with a hard bony head and large winglike side fins often found near coasts

is the similar shallow water creature found in Atlantic and Mediterranean regions

Compounds

flying gurnard

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A tropical fish with very large fan-like side fins that glides along the sea floor

tub gurnard

9.9

A red sea fish that has large bright side fins and lives in European waters

yellow gurnard

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A fish with yellow fins and head that lives in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby Atlantic waters

Surface Forms

gurnard singular

gurnards plural

Etymology

Gurnard probably comes from an old French root gurn- that meant 'to grunt'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the English word grunt, because this bottom fish can make a grunting noise, so the name fits the noisy, armored fish you find on the sea floor.