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Definition of Gurnard
1. Noun. Bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom.
Group relationships: Family Triglidae, Triglidae
Specialized synonyms: Trigla Lucerna, Tub Gurnard, Yellow Gurnard, Sea Robin, Searobin
Definition of Gurnard
1. n. 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.
Definition of Gurnard
1. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gurnard
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gurnard
Literary usage of Gurnard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"In the Trawling Investigations of 1884 (Royal Commission, under Lord Dalhousie),
the grey gurnard ranked, as regards numbers, third in the list of saleable ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"The streaked gurnard (T. lineata, Linn.), about a foot long, has transverse lines
encircling the body. Other European species are the T. pini (Bl.), ..."
3. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1866)
"The site is close to where once stood a fort called gurnard Castle, which in 1635
... They were found at the verge of the cliff in gurnard or Gurnet Bay, ..."
4. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"Amongst the Australian gurnards may be mentioned the Red or Kumu gurnard ...
The Kumu gurnard is an inhabitant of many waters; having a very extensive ..."
5. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"From this it will be seen that the spawning- season of the gurnard extends ...
Hence if a female gurnard be examined in May, the ovary will show a number of ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The allusion is to the grunting sound the gurnard makes when taken out of the
water.] 1. ... the lineated or French gurnard or striped rock-gurnard ..."
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