grunion
pronunciation
How to pronounce grunion in British English:
UK ['grʌnjən]
How to pronounce grunion in American English:
US ['grʌnɪrn]
Word Origin
- grunion (n.)
- type of Pacific fish, 1901, from American Spanish gruñon "grunting fish," from grunir "to grunt," from Latin grunnire, from Greek gryzein "to grunt," from gry "a grunt," imitative. Compare the unrelated American fish called the grunt, "so called from the noise they make when taken."