guffern.
/ˈɡʌfə/ A Scotch name for the Viviparous Blenny ( Zoarces viviparus). Also guffer-eel.
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1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. iii. 25 Mustela Vivipara, nostratibus, the Guffer, quibusdam Eelpout.
1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 51 Mustela Vivipara Shonfeldii; our Fishers call it the Guffer.
1811 P. Neill in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 533 Viviparous Blenny... Here this species sometimes gets the names of Eelpout and Guffer.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 243.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 357 Long Line for catching..Guffer-eel (Zoarces viviparus).
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