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Medical Definition of Gurnet

1. 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. Alternative forms: gournet] Plyling gurnard. See Flying. Origin: OF. Gornal, gournal, gornart, perh. Akin to F. Grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. Guirnead gurnard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Gurnet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to Historic Plymouth: Localities and Objects of Interest by Alfred Stevens Burbank (1910)
"The gurnet, it is said, takes its name from a somewhat similar promontory in the English channel, near Plymouth, England. On it are located a United States ..."

2. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"gurnet—A soused, A pickled gurnet,—a not uncommon term of reproach (perhaps because it was reckoned a coarse and vulgar sort of food), iH4. iv. 2. ..."

3. History of the Town of Plymouth, from Its First Settlement in 1620, to the by James Thacher (1835)
"The gurnet is a peninsula, or point of high land originating from Marshfield, and extending about 7 miles into the bay. On its southern extremity is ..."

4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"By JH gurnet, FZS THE Department of the Var, in Southern France, so much visited by our countrymen, is bounded on the north by the Basses Alpes, ..."

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