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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†CROINTER, n. A name applied on the Firth of Forth to the Grey Gurnard, Trigla hirundo (m.Lth. 1808 P. Neill List of Fishes in Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. Memoirs (1811) I. 539).
[Prob. variant of Crooner, n.1 The t is phs. due to the influence of Eng. grunter, idem.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Crointer n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/crointer>
