sea robin or sea·rob·in (s  r b  n)n. Any of various marine fishes of the family Triglidae, having a bony head and extremely long pectoral fins with fingerlike rays that are used as feelers over the sea bottom, especially a gurnard of the genus Prionotus noted for its ability to produce sounds with its air bladder. |
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| Noun | 1. |  searobin - American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuariesgurnard - bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom northern sea robin, Prionotus carolinus - large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida armored sea robin, armored searobin, Peristedion miniatum - sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope |
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