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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†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.]
