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单词 grunion
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grunion

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grun·ion

G0291300 (grŭn′yən)n. A small fish (Leuresthes tenuis) of coastal waters of California and Mexico that spawns at night along beaches during the high tides of spring and summer.
[Perhaps from Spanish gruñón, grumbler, from gruñir, to grumble, grunt, from Latin grunnīre, grundīre, to grunt.]

grunion

(ˈɡrʌnjən) n (Animals) a Californian marine teleost fish, Leuresthes tenuis, that spawns on beaches: family Atherinidae (silversides)[C20: probably from Spanish gruñón a grunter]

grun•ion

(ˈgrʌn yən)

n. a small silversides, Leuresthes tenuis, that lays its eggs on S California beaches. [1915–20; probably < Sp gruñon grunter, derivative of gruñir to grunt < Latin grunnīre]
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grunion

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grunion:

see silversidessilversides,
common name for small shore fishes, belonging to the family Antherinidae, abundant in the warmer waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, and named for the silvery stripe on either side of the body.
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