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Definition of Grunion
1. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grunion
1. a small food fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grunion
Literary usage of Grunion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"Further studies of the grunion by Francis N. Clark have shown ... Much of the
information as to age and rate of growth of the grunion was obtained by a ..."
2. California: Las Vegas, Reno, Baja California by John Gottberg (1999)
"It is unusual for two phenomena: its surging tides and its grunion runs. ...
Coincidental with the tides come the grunion, small fish that mate during ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"Life History of the Little Smelt or grunion. Mr. WF Thompson, in charge State
Fisheries Laboratory. California Fish and Game Commission. JANUARY 18. ..."
4. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"The silversides (atherinidae) and other unrelated fishes are sometimes also called
smelts, sand smelt, or whitebait. The atherinidae also include grunion ..."
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