"grunion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹʌnjən/ Forms: grunions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnjən Etymology: Uncertain, but probably from American Spanish gruñón (“grunter, grouch”), from gruñir (“to grunt”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{bor|en|es|gruñón||grunter, grouch}} Spanish gruñón (“grunter, grouch”), {{m|es|gruñir||to grunt}} gruñir (“to grunt”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grunion (plural grunions)
  1. Either of two small fish, of the genus Leuresthes, found along the coast of Mexico and southern California, that spawn in the wet sand at certain high tides. Wikipedia link: grunion Categories (lifeform): Atheriniform fish

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