gurnard

Signification (Anglais)

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.
2. (broadly) Other fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae.

Concepts

grondin

trigle

perlon

rouget grondin

Synonymes

sea robin

gurnet

piper

lion fish

prickly hind

Traductions

poon

Knurrhahn

knorhaan

rubio

cabra

χελιδονόψαρο

gallinelle

μπαρμπούνι

gallinella

capone

Seehahn

capocchione

Trigla

Triglidae

pesce capone

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɜːnəd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: gurnard

In summary

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.