grunion

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noun grunion a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand. 1
noun grunion A small, slender Californian fish that swarms onto beaches at night to spawn. The eggs are buried in the sand, and the young fish are swept out to sea on the following spring tide. 1
noun grunion a Californian marine teleost fish, Leuresthes tenuis, that spawns on beaches: family Atherinidae (silversides) 0
noun grunion a silverside fish (Leuresthes tenuis) of the California coast: it spawns on sandy beaches during high tides in the spring 0

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

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

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