Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GURNARD
n.A fish of several species of the genus Trigla. The head is loricated with rough lines, or bony plates, and there are seven rays in the membranes of the gills.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GURNARD; GURNET
Gur "nard, Gur "net n. Etym: [OF. gornal, gournal, gornart, perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead gurnard. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. [Written also gournet. ]Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gurnard
gur nard |ˈgərnərd ˈɡərnərd | ▶noun a bottom-dwelling fish of coastal waters, with a heavily boned head and three fingerlike pectoral rays, which it uses for searching for food and for walking on the seabed. [Family Triglidae: several genera and many species, including the common European Eutrigla gurnardus. ] ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gornart, from grondir ‘to grunt, ’ from Latin grundire, grunnire.
Oxford Dictionary
gurnard
gurnard |ˈgəːnəd | ▶noun a bottom-dwelling fish of coastal waters, with a heavily boned head and three finger-like pectoral rays which it uses for searching for food and for walking on the seabed. ●Family Triglidae: several genera and many species, including the common European Eutrigla gurnardus. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gornart, from grondir ‘to grunt ’, from Latin grundire, grunnire.
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