gurnard

English - Turkish

Definition of gurnard in English Turkish dictionary

kırlangıç balığı

kırlangıçbalığı

fly ing gurnard uçan kırlangıç

Trigla hirundo

gray gurnard benekli kırlangıçbalıgı

armed gurnard dikenli öksüz balığı

Dac tylopterus volitans

Trigla milvus

Peristedion cataphractum

Related Terms

piper gurnard

(Denizbilim) öksüz

armed gurnard

(Gıda) dikenli öksüz balığı

gery gurnard

(Gıda) kırlangıç balığı benekli

grey gurnard

(Gıda) kırlangıç balığı benekli

grey gurnard

(Denizbilim) benekli kırlangıç

grey gurnard

(Denizbilim) benekli kırlangıç balığı

English - English

Definition of gurnard in English English dictionary

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

{n} a marine fish of several species, having the head covered with bony plates

Some of the species are highly esteemed for food

One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks

The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins

{i} coastal fish that crawls at the sea bottom and has fingerlike pectoral fins, sea robin

bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom

Related Terms

flying gurnard

Any tropical marine fish of the family of Dactylopteridae having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water

flying gurnard

tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins

flying gurnard

Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Dactylopteridae, having greatly enlarged, winglike pectoral fins that facilitate gliding through the water

tub gurnard

a kind of gurnard

Hyphenation

gur·nard

Etymology

[ 'g&r-n&rd ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French gornart, irregular from grognier to grunt, from Latin grunnire, of imitative origin.