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Trigla gurnardus

Hardhead \Hard"head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n.

  1. Clash or collision of heads in contest.
    --Dryden.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The menhaden. See Menhaden. [Local, U. S.]

    2. Block's gurnard ( Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.

    3. A California salmon; the steelhead.

    4. The gray whale. See Gray whale, under Gray.

    5. A coarse American commercial sponge ( Spongia dura).

Trigla gurnardus

Nowd \Nowd\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The European gray gurnard ( Trigla gurnardus). [Written also knoud.]