gurnard
81sapphire gurnard — noun : sapphirine gurnard …
82sapphirine gurnard — noun : a European gurnard (Trigla hirundo) having the pectoral fins much blotched with a rich blue …
83flying gurnard — noun Date: 1792 any of several marine fishes (family Dactylopteridae) that resemble gurnards and have large pectoral fins allowing them to glide above the water for short distances …
84flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, esp. Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air. Also called butterflyfish, flying robin. [1880 85] * * * ▪ marine …
85flying gurnard — noun Any tropical marine fish of the family of Dactylopteridae having immense wing like pectoral fins used to glide through the water …
86flying gurnard — fly′ing gur′nard n. ich any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, esp. Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air • Etymology: 1880–85 …
87flying gurnard — Loloa u, pinao …
88flying gurnard — noun tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins • Syn: ↑flying robin, ↑butterflyfish • Hypernyms: ↑scorpaenoid, ↑scorpaenoid fish • Member Holonyms: ↑Dactylopteridae, ↑ …
89big-headed gurnard — noun : a sea robin (Prionotus tribulus) of the So. Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States …
90gournet — Gurnard Gur nard, Gurnet Gur net . [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… …
