searobin

sea robin or sea·rob·in (srbn)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

searobin - American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries sea robin gurnard - 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