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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gurnard \Gur"nard\, Gurnet \Gur"net\n. [OF. gornal, gournal,
gornart perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf Ir guirnead
gurnard.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gurnard
n : bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and
fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea
bottom
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