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单词 grunion
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grunion

[ gruhn-yuhn ]
/ ˈgrʌn yən /

noun

a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.

Origin of grunion

1915–20; probably <Spanish gruñon grunter, derivative of gruñir to grunt <Latin grunnīre

Words nearby grunion

Grundy, Grundyism, Grünewald, grunge, grungy, grunion, Grunitsky, grunt, grunter, grunting ox, gruntled
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Example sentences from the Web for grunion

  • If you had a skillet hot on the coals and threw in a handful of grunion you could never have a finer dish.

    El Diablo|Brayton Norton

British Dictionary definitions for grunion

grunion
/ (ˈɡrʌnjən) /

noun

a Californian marine teleost fish, Leuresthes tenuis, that spawns on beaches: family Atherinidae (silversides)

Word Origin for grunion

C20: probably from Spanish gruñón a grunter
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