sea-robinn.
1. U.S. A gurnard or trigloid fish, esp. of the genus Prionotus.
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gurnard1314
mop1466
kite-fish1684
trigla1752
pigfish1807
captain1811
sea-robin1814
mailed or armed gurnard1836
robin1853
sclerogenoid1861
grumbler1867
triglid1888
trigloid1888
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > member of genus Prionotus (sea-robin)
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1814 S. L. Mitchill Rep. Fishes N.-Y. 430 Gurnard, or Sea Robin, Trigla lineata.
1844 Linsley Fishes Connecticut in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 47 59 Prionotus strigatus, Cuv., Sea Robin, Grunter.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 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.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 256 The web-fingered Sea-robin, Prionotus palmipes.
2. A local name for:
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a. U.S. The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
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b. The spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola ( Cumberld. Gloss. 1899).
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