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grunt
grunt common name for members of the family Pomadasyidae, carnivorous fish of warm seas, most species of which are small and brightly colored. They are sound-producers, creating their noises by grinding their pharyngeal teeth together. Croakers , which belong to another family, are also sound-producing fish. Grunts are bottom-feeders with large mouths vividly colored in red or orange on the inside. The common, or white, grunt is a favorite food fish found on shallow sandy bottoms from the West Indies to the Carolinas; it averages 1 ft (30 cm) in length and 1 lb (.5 kg) in weight. The many species abundant off the Florida coasts include the margate, blue-striped, and gray grunts and the bizarre porkfish, with a blue-striped yellow body and black head-bands. The California sargo is common along the Pacific coast and the commercially important pigfish is found from Long Island Sound to Texas. Grunts are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Pomadasyidae. |
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"grunt." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grunt." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-grunt.html "grunt." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-grunt.html |
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grunt
grunt / grənt/ • v. [intr.] (of an animal, esp. a pig) make a low, short guttural sound. ∎ (of a person) make a low inarticulate sound resembling this, typically to express effort or indicate assent. • n. 1. a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person. 2. inf. a low-ranking or unskilled soldier or other worker. ∎ a common soldier. 3. an edible shoaling fish (family Pomadasyidae) of tropical inshore waters and coral reefs, able to make a loud noise by grinding its teeth and amplifying the sound in the swim bladder. ORIGIN: Old English grunnettan, of Germanic origin and related to German grunzen; probably originally imitative. |
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"grunt." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grunt." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grunt.html "grunt." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grunt.html |
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Pomadasyidae
Pomadasyidae (javelinfish, grunt; subclass Actinopterygii, order Perciformes) A large family of marine, perchlike fish that have large eyes, a truncated tail fin, a long dorsal fin, and strong spines to the dorsal and pelvic fins. There are about 175 species, distributed worldwide.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "Pomadasyidae." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "Pomadasyidae." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Pomadasyidae.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "Pomadasyidae." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Pomadasyidae.html |
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grunt n.
1. informal a low-ranking or unskilled soldier or other worker: he went from grunt to major in less than five years. 2. a common soldier. alteration of ground, from ground man (with reference to unskilled railway work before progressing to lineman). |
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"grunt." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grunt." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-grunt.html "grunt." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-grunt.html |
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grunt
grunt make the characteristic sound of a pig. OE. grunnettan = OHG. grunnizōn (G. grunzen), intensive formation on the imit. base *ʒrun- (OE. grunian grunt, OHG. grun wailing, MHG. grunnen); cf. DISGRUNTLED.
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T. F. HOAD. "grunt." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "grunt." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grunt.html T. F. HOAD. "grunt." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grunt.html |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "grunt." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "grunt." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-grunt.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "grunt." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-grunt.html |
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grunt
•account, amount, count, fount, miscount, mount, no-account, surmount
•headcount • viscount • paramount
•tantamount
•don't, won't, wont
•anoint, appoint, conjoint, joint, outpoint, point, point-to-point
•standpoint
•cashpoint, flashpoint
•checkpoint • endpoint • breakpoint
•needlepoint • midpoint • pinpoint
•vantage point • knifepoint
•strongpoint • viewpoint • gunpoint
•counterpoint • punt
•affront, blunt, brunt, bunt, confront, cunt, front, Granth, grunt, hunt, mahant, runt, shunt, stunt, up-front
•exeunt • manhunt • headhunt
•witch-hunt • seafront • beachfront
•shopfront
•forefront, storefront
•waterfront
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"grunt." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grunt." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grunt.html "grunt." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grunt.html |
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