gurnard

See also: Gurnard

English

a grey gurnard
Eutrigla gurnardus

Alternative forms

• gurnet

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɜːnəd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɚnɚd/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɵːnɘd/

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (fish of Triglidae): sea robin

Hyponyms

• (fish of Triglidae): bluefin gurnard, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, scaly gurnard, eastern spiny gurnard, spotted gurnard, spiny red gurnard

Derived terms

terms derived from gurnard

• African gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)
• armoured gurnard (Peristediidae spp.)
• big-headed gurnard (Prionotus tribulus)
• bluefin gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu)
• Cape gurnard (Chelidonichthys capensis)
• eastern spiny gurnard (Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica)
• flying gurnard (Dactylopteridae spp.)
• gray gurnard, grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)
• helmet gurnard (Dactylopteridae spp.)
• jaggedhead gurnard (Gargariscus prionocephalus)
• lantern gurnard (Trigla obscura)
• longfin gurnard, long-finned gurnard (Chelidonichthys obscurus)
• lyre gurnard (Trigla lyra)
• oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)
• Pacific red gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu)
• piper gurnard (Trigla lyra)
• purple flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)
• plyling gurnard (Dactylopteridae spp.)
• red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus)
• red gurnard perch, red gurnard scorpionfish (Helicolenus percoides)
• rock gunard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)
• sapphire gurnard (Trigla hirundo)
• sapphirine gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
• scaly gurnard (Lepidotrigla brachyoptera)
• smallscaled gurnard (Chelidonichthys spp.)
• spiny red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus)
• spotted gurnard (Pterygotrigla picta)
• streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)
• tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
• yellow gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)

Translations

marine fish of the family Triglidae

• Asturian: golondru (ast), pirlón (ast)
• Bulgarian: морска лястовица f (morska ljastovica)
• Catalan: lluerna (ca) f, paona (ca) f, pubilla (ca) f
• Finnish: kurnusimppu (fi)
• French: grondin (fr) m
• Galician: rubio (gl) m, escacho (gl) m, cabezudo (gl) m
• German: Seehahn m, Knurrhahn (de) m
• Greek: τρίγλη f (trígli), χελιδονόψαρο (el) n (chelidonópsaro)
• Hungarian: morgóhal
• Irish: cnúdán m
• Italian: gallinella di mare f
• Maori: kumukumu
• Middle English: gurnard
• Romanian: rândunică-de-mare (ro) f
• Russian: морско́й пету́х m (morskój petúx), три́гла f (trígla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: kokot (sh) m

• Spanish: trilla (es) f
• Swedish: knorrhane (sv) c
• Welsh: gyrned m, penhaearn m

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gurnard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• “gurnard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• gurnard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triglidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Triglidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gurnarde, gournarde, gornard, gornarde, gurnerd

Etymology

From Old French gournart; equivalent to groynen +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡurnard/, /ˈɡurnərd/

Noun

gurnard (plural gurnardes)

1. gurnard

Descendants

• English: gurnard, gurnet
• Scots: girnot

References

• “gurnard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.