Akademik

bergall

noun

common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States

• Syn: ↑cunner, ↑Tautogolabrus adspersus

• Hypernyms: ↑wrasse

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tautogolabrus, ↑genus Tautogolabrus

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/berr"gawl/, n.

cunner.

[1805-15, Amer.; < Norw berggalt a labrid fish, equiv. to berg (see ICEBERG) + galt boar]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.