grunion

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Определение grunion в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Either of two small fish, of the genus Leuresthes, found along the coast of Mexico and southern California, that spawn in the wet sand at certain high tides

Edible Pacific fish (Leuresthes tenuis) found along the western coast of the U.S. In the warm months, it lays its eggs in beach sand during a full or new moon when the tide cycle is at its peak. The young hatch and enter the ocean on the next spring tide, two weeks later. Grunion reach a length of about 8 in. (20 cm)

{i} small edible fish native to the coasts of southern California

Связанные Термины

grunions

plural of grunion

Расстановка переносов

grun·ion

Турецкое произношение

grʌnyın

Произношение

/ˈgrənyən/ /ˈɡrʌnjən/