Definitions for grunion

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grunion grun·ion

Spelling: [gruhn-yuh n]

IPA: /ˈgrʌn yən/

Grunion is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in grunion (ginnoru).

Definitions for grunion

noun

1. a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.

Origin of grunion

1915-20; probably Spanish gruñon grunter, derivative of gruñir to grunt Latin grunnīre

Examples for grunion

If you had a skillet hot on the coals and threw in a handful of grunion you could never have a finer dish.