- gurry
- noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1850 fishing offal
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gurry
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gurry — ☆ gurry [gʉr′ē ] n. 〚< ?〛 fish offal, as from a fish cannery * * * gur·ry (gûrʹē, gŭrʹē) n. Fish offal. [Originally a whaling term for the refuse left over from processing whale blubber, perhaps from dialectal gurry, diarrhea.] * * * … Universalium
Gurry — Gur ry, n. An alvine evacuation; also, refuse matter. [Obs. or Local] Holland. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gurry — Gur ry , n. [Hind. garh[=i].] A small fort. [India] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gurry — ☆ gurry [gʉr′ē ] n. [< ?] fish offal, as from a fish cannery … English World dictionary
Gurry — This interesting name is of Gaelic Irish origin, and has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic (Mac)Gofraidh , itself a Gaelicized form of an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements guth , god, and … Surnames reference
Gurry shark — arktinis ryklys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Somniosus microcephalus angl. Greenland shark; ground shark; Gurry shark; nurse shark; sleeper shark rus. атлантическая полярная акула; гренландская… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
gurry — 1) wastes from fish such as skin, fins, viscera, mucus, etc 2) oil running out from cod livers (Newfoundland) … Dictionary of ichthyology
gurry — noun fishing offal … Wiktionary
gurry — [ gʌri] noun chiefly N. Amer. fish or whale offal. Origin C18: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
gurry — gur·ry … English syllables
