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Noun: gurnard  gur-nu(r)d
  1. Bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armoured heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
    "Gurnards use their modified pectoral fins to 'walk' across the seafloor in search of food"

Derived forms: gurnards

Type of: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

Part of: family Triglidae, Triglidae

Encyclopedia: Gurnard, Isle of Wight