sea robin

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of various marine fishes of the family Triglidae, having a bony head and extremely long pectoral fins with fingerlike rays that are used as feelers over the sea bottom, especially a gurnard of the genus Prionotus noted for its ability to produce sounds with its air bladder.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A fish of the family Triglidæ. In the United States, one of varions species of the genus Prionotus, which is distinguished from Trigla by the longer pectoral fins and the development of teeth on the palatine bones. They are more or less red in color, and are distinguished by the development of three rays below the pectoral fins on each side, serving as organs both of progression and of sensation. Several species are found along the eastern coast of the United States, as P. evolans, P. strigatus, and P. palmipes.
2. n. The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.), [Local, U.S.] The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake.
2. See under robin, and Illustration in Appendix.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries
2. n. American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries