Definitions for gurnard

gurnard gur·nard

Spelling: [gur-nerd]
IPA: /ˈgɜr nərd/

Gurnard is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in gurnard (adgnrru).

Definitions for gurnard

noun

  1. any marine fish of the family Triglidae, having an armored, spiny head and the front part of the pectoral fins modified for crawling on the sea bottom.
  2. flying gurnard.

Origin of gurnard

1275-1325; Middle English Old French gornard, probably literally, grunter ≪ Latin grunnīre to grunt

Examples for gurnard

In December therefore and January we commonly abound in herring and red fish, as rochet and gurnard.

In December therefore and Ianuarie we commonlie abound in herring and red fish, as rochet, and gurnard.

A peculiar boat of the Orcades; also the Erse for a gurnard.

This grunting noise gave rise to the name “gurnard,” which is probably an adaptation or variation of the Fr.

gurnard's Head, one of the most famous of all Cornish promontories, is less than two miles away.

In some cases, as in the gurnard, this stay covers the whole cheek with a bony coat of mail.

Vaterland; Fa′ther-lash′er, a name applied to two bull-heads found on the British coasts, belonging to the gurnard family.

Mackerel is what you hope for; gurnard you will put up with; pollack will not be caught in any numbers so far from the shore.

They lie above the limestone at gurnard, Thorness, and Hamstead.

Word Value for gurnard
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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