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noun ˈɡʌn(ə)lˈɡənl An elongated laterally compressed fish with a dorsal fin that runs along most of the back and reduced or absent pelvic fins. It occurs in cool inshore waters of the northern hemisphere. Family Pholidae: two genera and several species Example sentencesExamples - Not eels at all, the wolf eel are among the largest of a sub-order of small gunnels and blennies.
- The butterfish, also known as the gunnel, is another species quite closely related to the blennies, though again not in the true blenny family.
Origin Late 17th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes Chunnel, funnel, gunwale, runnel, tunnel noun variant spelling of gunwale
nounˈɡənlˈɡənl An elongated laterally compressed fish with a dorsal fin that runs along most of the back and reduced or absent pelvic fins. It occurs in cool inshore waters of the northern hemisphere. Family Pholidae: two genera and several species Example sentencesExamples - Not eels at all, the wolf eel are among the largest of a sub-order of small gunnels and blennies.
- The butterfish, also known as the gunnel, is another species quite closely related to the blennies, though again not in the true blenny family.
Origin Late 17th century: of unknown origin. nounˈɡənlˈɡənl variant spelling of gunwale
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