different between butterfish vs gunnel

English

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• butter-fish

Etymology

From butter +? fish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t?f??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?t??f??/

Noun

butterfish (plural butterfish or butterfishes)

1. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
   1. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
   2. A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
   3. The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
   4. (obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis [1], [2].

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun +? wale.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???nl/
• Rhymes: -?n?l

Noun

gunnel (plural gunnels)

1. Alternative spelling of gunwale
2. A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.

Synonyms

• (eel-shaped fish): gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel

Derived terms

• to the gunnels

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