CUNNER


Meaning of CUNNER in English

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■ noun an edible greenish-grey wrasse (fish) which lives along the Atlantic coast of North America. [ Tautogolabrus adspersus .]

Origin

C17: perh. assoc. with archaic conder , denoting a lookout who alerts fishing boats to the direction taken by shoals of herring.

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