CUNNER

n.A kind of fish, less than an oyster, that sticks close to the rocks.

CUNNER

Cun "ner (kn "nr ), n. Etym: [Cf. Conner. ] (Zoöl.)(a ) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus ); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer. [Written also conner. ] (b ) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.

cunner

cun ner |ˈkənər ˈkənər | ▶noun an edible greenish-gray wrasse (fish ) that lives along the Atlantic coast of North America. [Tautogolabrus adspersus, family Labridae. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps associated with archaic conder, denoting a lookout who alerts the crew of fishing boats to the direction taken by shoals of herring.

cunner

cunner |ˈkʌnə | ▶noun an edible greenish-grey wrasse (fish ) which lives along the Atlantic coast of North America. ●Tautogolabrus adspersus, family Labridae. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps associated with archaic conder, denoting a lookout who alerts the crew of fishing boats to the direction taken by shoals of herring.