any of various American gurnards of the genus Prionotus and related genera, such as P. carolinus (northern sea robin)
sea robin in American English
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noun
any of a family (Triglidae) of spiny-finned, percoid sea fishes having a broad head covered with plates of bone, and large, winglike pectoral fins, esp. any of a genus (Prionotus) with reddish coloring