gunnel (redirected from gunnels)

gun·nel ¹  (gnl)

n.

Any of various small, elongated fishes of the family Pholidae, common in the tidal pools and coastal waters of northern seas.

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[Origin unknown.]

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gun·nel ²  (gnl)

n.

Variant of gunwale.

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gunnel¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any eel-like blennioid fish of the family Pholidae, occurring in coastal regions of northern seas See also butterfish

[of unknown origin]

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gunnel²

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of gunwale

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gunnel - wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel gun rest, gunwale strake, wale - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
	2.	gunnel - small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic bracketed blenny blennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins family Pholidae, family Pholididae, Pholidae - a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea Pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel, butterfish - slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters