grun·ion (gr n y n)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 grunn  re, grundre, to grunt.] |
grunion [ˈgrʌnjən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Californian marine teleost fish, Leuresthes tenuis, that spawns on beaches: family Atherinidae (silversides)
[probably from Spanish gruñón a grunter]
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