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GUNNEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
Synonyms:
bracketed blenny; gunnel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gunnel" is a kind of...):
blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gunnel"):
butterfish; Pholis gunnellus; rock gunnel (slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters)
Holonyms ("gunnel" is a member of...):
family Pholidae; family Pholididae; Pholidae (a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gunnel" is a kind of...):
strake; wale (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)