Meanings
gurnard1
noungurnard (plural gurnard or gurnards)
plural gurnards · alternative gurnet
- 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.
- broadlyOther fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae.
Gurnard2
proper noun
- A village and civil parish on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4795).
Synonyms & antonyms
fish of Triglidae
Similar
Narrower
bluefin gurnardtub gurnardred gurnardgrey gurnardscaly gurnardeastern spiny gurnardspotted gurnardspiny red gurnard
Origin
- Frenchgrondin“gurnard”
- Latingrunnīre“to grunt”
- Old Frenchgournart
- Middle Englishgurnard
- Englishgurnard
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian морска лястовица
- морска лястовица (morska ljastovica)marine fish of the family Triglidae
Catalan lluerna, paona
- lluernamarine fish of the family Triglidae
- paonamarine fish of the family Triglidae
- pubillamarine fish of the family Triglidae
Dutch poon, zeehaan
- poonmarine fish of the family Triglidae
- zeehaanmarine fish of the family Triglidae
Finnish kurnusimppu
- kurnusimppumarine fish of the family Triglidae
French grondin
- grondinmarine fish of the family Triglidae
German Seehahn, Knurrhahn
- Seehahnmarine fish of the family Triglidae
- Knurrhahnmarine fish of the family Triglidae
Greek τρίγλη, χελιδονόψαρο
- τρίγλη (trígli)marine fish of the family Triglidae
- χελιδονόψαρο (chelidonópsaro)marine fish of the family Triglidae
Hungarian morgóhal
- morgóhalmarine fish of the family Triglidae
Irish cnúdán
- cnúdánmarine fish of the family Triglidae
Italian gallinella di mare
- gallinella di maremarine fish of the family Triglidae
Māori kumukumu
- kumukumumarine fish of the family Triglidae
Polish kurek
- kurekmarine fish of the family Triglidae
Romanian rândunică-de-mare
- rândunică-de-maremarine fish of the family Triglidae
Russian морско́й пету́х, три́гла
- морско́й пету́х (morskój petúx)marine fish of the family Triglidae
- три́гла (trígla)marine fish of the family Triglidae
Spanish trilla
- trillamarine fish of the family Triglidae
Swedish knorrhane
- knorrhanemarine fish of the family Triglidae
Turkish kırlangıç balığı
- kırlangıç balığımarine fish of the family Triglidae
Welsh gyrned, penhaearn
- gyrnedmarine fish of the family Triglidae
- penhaearnmarine fish of the family Triglidae
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APA
gurnard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gurnard
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