gunnel

English Thesaurus

1. small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	blennioid, blennioid fish,
definition	:	elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	butterfish, pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel,
definition	:	slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pholidae, family pholididae, pholidae,
definition	:	a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea (noun.animal)

2. wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	strake, wale,
definition	:	thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship (noun.artifact)