ˈgərnərd noun
( plural gurnard or gurnards )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French gornart, irregular from grogner, grognier to grunt, grumble (from Latin grunnire to grunt) + -ard, -art -ard — more at grunt
1. : any of various marine scorpaenid fishes constituting the family Triglidae, having the head armored and spined and three pairs of fingerlike processes which are modified ventral rays of the pectoral fins and are used as feelers and in crawling on the sea bottom, and including a few European forms that are used as food — see flying gurnard , sea robin
2. : a dragonet ( Callionymus draco )