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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

gun rest; gunnel; gunwale

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)

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