Crossword clues for cunner
The Collaborative International Dictionary
bergall \ber"gall\ (b[~e]r"g[add]l), n. a small wrasse ( Tautogolabrus adspersus), common in north Atantic coastal waters of the U. S.; -- also called the cunner.
Syn: cunner.
Burgall \Bur"gall\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A marine European fish ((taxlink Symphodus melops species noshow=1)). 2 The related American conner (''Tautogolabrus adspersus'').
WordNet
n. common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States [syn: bergall, Tautogolabrus adspersus]
Usage examples of "cunner".
There, under two green umbrellas, like two fat rajahs in their shaking howdahs upon the backs of two white elephants, the friends would sit in solemn equanimity awaiting the evasive cunner, the vagrant perch or cod or the occasional flirtatious eel.
My hostess and I had made our shrewd business agreement on the basis of a simple cold luncheon at noon, and liberal restitution in the matter of hot suppers, to provide for which the lodger might sometimes be seen hurrying down the road, late in the day, with cunner line in hand.
I have watched the bird plunge into the waves of the ocean, on the coast of Maine, to bring out a cunner almost too large for her to carry, and I have seen her drop into the placid waters of an Adirondack lake for lake-trout in the same manner.
It was early for cunners, but we were lucky enough to catch as nice a mess as ever you saw.
Perch, porgies, cunners, black-fish, weak-fish, maybe a bass or a sheep's-head, but more cunners than any thing else, unless we strike some flounders at the turn of the tide.
In the way of eatables and drinkables, we had stored in the stern of the Dolphin a generous bag of hard-tack (for the chowder), a piece of pork to fry the cunners in, three gigantic apple pies (bought at Pettingil's), half a dozen lemons, and a keg of spring water--the last-named articles were slung over the side, to keep it cool, as soon as we got under way.
It was early for cunners, but we were lucky enough to catch as nice a mess as ever you saw.