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/
• (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.

• (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

• flying gurnard

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “gurnard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• gurnard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triglidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• 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.