rock gunnel

noun

1. See under gunnel¹.

noun

1. any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel), common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.

noun

1. any eel-like blennioid fish of the family Pholidae, occurring in coastal regions of northern seasSee also butterfish

noun

1. a variant spelling of gunwale

n.

small marine fish, 1680s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Cornish.