grunion

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌnjən/

The English word “grunion” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

Either of two small fish, of the genus Leuresthes, found along the coast of Mexico and southern California, that spawn in the wet sand at certain high tides.

Uncertain, but probably from American Spanish gruñón (“grunter, grouch”), from gruñir (“to grunt”).

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