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sea-robin
[Robin1.]
1. U.S. A gurnard or trigloid fish, esp. of the genus Prionotus.
1814S. L. Mitchill Fishes N.Y. 430 Gurnard, or Sea Robin, Trigla lineata. 1844Linsley Fishes Connecticut in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XLVII. 59 Prionotus strigatus, Cuv., Sea Robin, Grunter. 1884Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 255 The Sea⁓robin or Gurnard family..is represented on our Atlantic coast by several species. The most striking of them all is the Sea-bat or Flying Gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans. Ibid. 256 The web-fingered Sea-robin, Prionotus palmipes.
2. A local name for:
a. U.S. The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator (Cent. Dict. 1891).
b. The spotted fly-catcher, Muscicapa grisola (Cumberld. Gloss. 1899). |