gurnard

• gurnet

From Middle English gurnard, from Old French gournart, from the verb gronir, from Latin grunnīre (“to grunt”). Compare French grondin (“gurnard”), which evolved in a similar way.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɜːnəd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɚnɚd/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɵːnɘd/

gurnard (plural gurnard or gurnards)

1. 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.
2. (loosely) Other fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae.

• (fish of Triglidae): sea robin

• (fish of Triglidae): bluefin gurnard, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, scaly gurnard, Eastern spiny gurnard, spotted gurnard, spiny red gurnard

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gurnard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• “gurnard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• gurnard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triglidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Triglidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• gurnarde, gournarde, gornard, gornarde, gurnerd

From Old French gournart; equivalent to groynen +‎ -ard.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡurnard/, /ˈɡurnərd/

gurnard (plural gurnardes)

1. gurnard

• English: gurnard, gurnet
• Scots: girnot

• “gurnard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.