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gunnel
gun·nel 1 G0316000 (gŭn′əl)n. Any of various small, elongated fishes of the family Pholidae, common in the tidal pools and coastal waters of northern seas. [Origin unknown.]
gun·nel 2 G0316000 (gŭn′əl)n. Variant of gunwale.gunnel (ˈɡʌnəl) n (Animals) any eel-like blennioid fish of the family Pholidae, occurring in coastal regions of northern seas. See also butterfish[C17: of unknown origin]
gunnel (ˈɡʌnəl) n (Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of gunwale[C15: from gun + wale1 from its use to support guns]gun•nel1 (ˈgʌn l) n. any small eellike percoid fish of the family Pholidae, esp. Pholis gunnellus, of the N Atlantic. [1680–90; orig. uncertain] gun•nel2 (ˈgʌn l) n. gunwale. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | gunnel - wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vesselgun rest, gunwalestrake, wale - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | | 2. | gunnel - small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlanticbracketed blennyblennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic finsfamily Pholidae, family Pholididae, Pholidae - a family of fish of suborder BlennioideaPholis gunnellus, rock gunnel, butterfish - slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters |
gunnel
gunnel any eel-like blennioid fish of the family Pholidae, occurring in coastal regions of northern seas Gunnel any one bottom fish of the family Pholidae of the suborder Blennioidae. The lanceolate body is laterally compressed and measures up to 30 cm long; the head is small. The pectoral fins are small, and the pelvic fins are either rudimentary or absent (as in Pholidapis dybowskii). There are several genera, comprising many species, distributed in the northern Pacific Ocean. In the seas of the Soviet Far East there are several species of the genus Pholis, such as Pholis picta, the stippled gunnel (P. dolichogaster), and the banded gunnel (P. fasciatd), and one species of the genus Enedrias (Enedrias nebulosis). Only one species, the rock gunnel (P. gunellus), is found along the northern Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America. In the USSR the rock gunnel is encountered in the Baltic, White, and Barents seas. Gunnels live in the littoral and sublittoral, seldom descending below depths of 50 m. During low tide they often remain in tidepools among seaweed or under rocks. The fish feed on small bottom invertebrates. Gunnels take care of their young: the females lay clumps of eggs in crevices or in empty shells, and the parents take turns guarding the egg mass. REFERENCESAndriashev, A. P. Ryby severnykh morei SSSR. Moscow-Leningrad, 1954. Zhizn’zhivotnykh, vol. 4, part 1. Moscow, 1971. Nikol’skii, G. V. Chastnaia ikhtiologiia, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1971.V. M. MAKUSHOK gunnel[′gən·əl] (naval architecture) gunwale gunnel
Synonyms for gunnelnoun wale at the top of the side of boatSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern AtlanticSynonymsRelated Words- blennioid
- blennioid fish
- family Pholidae
- family Pholididae
- Pholidae
- Pholis gunnellus
- rock gunnel
- butterfish
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