2. (Zo["o]l.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus {Mur[ae]noides}; esp., {M. gunnellus} of Europe and America; -- called also {gunnel fish}, {butterfish}, {rock eel}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Gunnel — can be:*an alternative spelling of gunwale, a nautical term describing the top edge of the side of a boat.*a kind of fish: the Pholidae … Wikipedia
Gunnel — Gunnel, Fisch, so v.w. Gunellus … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
gunnel — small marine fish, 1680s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Cornish … Etymology dictionary
gunnel — ► NOUN ▪ an elongated marine fish with a dorsal fin running along most of the back. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
gunnel — gunnel1 [gun′əl] n. [< ?] any of a family (Pholidae) of elongated percoid fishes of northern seas gunnel2 [gun′əl] n. alt. sp. of GUNWALE … English World dictionary
gunnel — gunnel1 /gun l/, n. any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), esp. Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel), common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic. Also called bracketed blenny. [1680 90; orig. uncert.] gunnel2 /gun l/, n. Naut … Universalium
gunnel — UK [ˈɡʌn(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms gunnel : singular gunnel plural gunnels a gunwale … English dictionary
gunnel — Gunwale Gun wale, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.) The upper edge of a vessel s or boat s side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gunnel — I. variant of gunwale II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1740 a small slimy eellike bony fish (Pholis gunnellus) of the North Atlantic; broadly any fish of the family (Pholidae) to which the gunnel belongs … New Collegiate Dictionary
gunnel — 1) the upper edge of the side of a boat or ship (formerly used to support guns, hence the name). Also spelled gunwhale but pronounced gunnel 2) a common name for members of the fish family Pholidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
