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grunion的意思

grunion

英 ['grʌnjən] 美
  • n. 银汉鱼

grunion

英文词源


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."