Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GUR'NARD, n. [Ir. guirnead; W. pen-gernyn, Corn. pengarn, horn-head or iron-head.]

A fish of several species, of the genus Trigla. The head is loricated with rough lines, or bony plates, and there are seven rays in the membranes of the gills. Encyc. Dict. Nat. Hist.