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gurnard

/gur-nerd/US // ˈgɜr nərd //UK // (ˈɡɜːnəd) //

咕噜鱼,瓮鱼,咕噜咕噜,咕噜噜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural gur·nard, gur·nards.

    • : any marine fish of the family Triglidae, having an armored, spiny head and the front part of the pectoral fins modified for crawling on the sea bottom.
    • : flying gurnard.

Examples

  • They lie above the limestone at Gurnard, Thorness, and Hamstead.

  • The buoy was reached, and the line once more hauled aboard, this time with a grey gurnard on the first hook.

  • A name given to the crooner, crowner, or gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).

  • Vaterland; Fa′ther-lash′er, a name applied to two bull-heads found on the British coasts, belonging to the Gurnard family.

  • Mackerel is what you hope for; gurnard you will put up with; pollack will not be caught in any numbers so far from the shore.