grunion
/ˈgrʌnjən/noun
1- a small, slender Californian fish that swarms on to beaches at night to spawn. The eggs are buried in the sand and the young fish are swept out to sea on the following spring tide.美洲银汉鱼。
1.1
- Leuresthes tenuis, family Atherinidae.拉丁名Leuresthes tenuis, 银汉鱼科。
词源
early 20th cent.: probably from Spanish gruñón 'grunter'.