different between gurnard vs gurnet

English

Alternative forms

• gurnet

Etymology

From Middle English gurnard, from Old French gournart, from the verb gronir, from Latin grunn?re (“to grunt”). Compare French grondin (“gurnard”), which evolved in a similar way.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????n?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???n?d/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /????n?d/

Noun

gurnard (plural gurnard or gurnards)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (fish of Triglidae): sea robin

Hyponyms

• (fish of Triglidae): bluefin gurnard, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, scaly gurnard, Eastern spiny gurnard, spotted gurnard, spiny red gurnard

Derived terms

• flying gurnard

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “gurnard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Further reading

• gurnard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triglidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Triglidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gurnarde, gournarde, gornard, gornarde, gurnerd

Etymology

From Old French gournart; equivalent to groynen +? -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??urnard/, /??urn?rd/

Noun

gurnard (plural gurnardes)

1. gurnard

Descendants

• English: gurnard, gurnet
• Scots: girnot

References

• “gurnard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.

English

Noun

gurnet (plural gurnets)

1. Alternative form of gurnard (fish)

Anagrams

• Gunter, gunter, urgent

Hausa

Etymology

From English grenade.

Noun

gùr?nêt f

1. hand grenade