gunnel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gun=nel

CIDE DICTIONARY

gunnel, n. [See Gunwale.].

•  A gunwale.  [1913 Webster]
•  A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Murænoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gunnel, n. any small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, esp. Pholis gunnellus. Also called BUTTERFISH.

gunnel, gunner n.
1 an artillery soldier (esp. as an official term for a private).
2 Naut. a warrant-officer in charge of a battery, magazine, etc.
3 a member of an aircraft crew who operates a gun.
4 a person who hunts game with a gun.