grunion

[ gruhn-yuh n ]
/ ˈgrʌn yən /

noun

a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.

Origin of grunion

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

Words nearby grunion

grundies, grundy, grundyism, grunge, grungy, grunion, grunitsky, grunt, grunt work, grunter, grunth

Example sentences from the Web for grunion

  • If you had a skillet hot on the coals and threw in a handful of grunion you could never have a finer dish.

    El Diablo |Brayton Norton

British Dictionary definitions for grunion

grunion
/ (ˈɡrʌnjən) /

noun

a Californian marine teleost fish, Leuresthes tenuis, that spawns on beaches: family Atherinidae (silversides)

Word Origin for grunion

C20: probably from Spanish gruñón a grunter