cunner

(kun′ər)

noun

a small, edible, brownish-blue wrasse fish (Tautogolabrus adspersus) found along the Atlantic coast of North America

Origin: Brit var. conner < ? conn, in sense “directing fishing boats to herring shoals”

See cunner in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cun·ner

noun

A small fish (Tautogolabrus adspersus) of North American Atlantic waters that is common along the shore of the eastern United States.

Origin: Origin unknown.

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