Grunion Definition

grŭnyən
grunions
noun
A silverside fish (Leuresthes tenuis) of the California coast: it spawns on sandy beaches during high tides in the spring.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Grunion

Noun

Singular:
grunion
Plural:
grunions

Origin of Grunion

  • Perhaps from Spanish gruñón grumbler from gruñir to grumble, grunt from Latin grunnīre, grundīre to grunt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin uncertain, but probably from American Spanish gruñón (“grunter, grouch”), from gruñir (“to grunt”).

    From Wiktionary

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