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Definition of Cunner
1. Noun. Common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Wrasse
Group relationships: Genus Tautogolabrus, Tautogolabrus
Definition of Cunner
1. n. A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer.
Definition of Cunner
1. Noun. A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American conner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cunner
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cunner
| cuneonavicular joint cuneonavicular ligaments cuneoscaphoid cunette cunettes cuneus cunicular cuniculi cuniculture cuniculus | cuniform cuniforms cunjevoi cunjevois cunji cunner (current term) cunners cunnies cunning |
Literary usage of Cunner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"Its habitat is the North Atlantic coast from Labrador to Sandy Hook, not appearing
much farther south. The cunner is known by various other names, ..."
2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"Its habitat is the North Atlantic coast from Labrador to Sandy Hook, not appearing
much farther south. The cunner is known by various other names, ..."
3. Outing (1893)
"We must lighten the " cunner " immediately or she would go down under us. ...
But the breeze was failing us and the " cunner " too loggy to make headway, ..."
4. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England by Robert Carter (1888)
"Later in the cruise I caught specimens of the cunner thirteen inches in length,
... The cunner is found all along the Atlantic coast of North America, ..."
5. Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard (1920)
"The cunner is not very large. He rarely tips the scales at a pound, but he will
eat his own weight in bait in a day and,he is numerous and pretty nearly ..."
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