sea robin

noun

: any of a family (Triglidae) of marine bony fishes typically having a spiny armored head and the bottom three rays of the pectoral fin on each side free of membrane and elongated for use as feelers or in crawling

called also gurnard

Examples of sea robin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As waves lapped the boat, Mr. Winkler and his pro bono deckhands set about sorting through the pile, throwing back the sea robins, dogfish and porgies as flocks of sea gulls squawked overhead, eager for the castoffs. —Karen Zraick Karsten Moran, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023

There are sea robins and mugwort. Venomous lionfish. —Ryan Knighton, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above