grunion
noun [ C ] uk/ˈɡrʌn.jən/ us/ˈɡrʌn.jən/ grunion or grunions
加州滑银汉鱼
a Californian fish that lays its eggs in the sand at night
City maintenance crews have stopped raking the city's beaches to avoid disturbing areas where grunion spawn. 清洁人员已经停止打扫该市的海滩，以避免干扰加州滑银汉鱼产卵的地区。
Grunion are a knife-sized fish native to Southern California. 滑银汉鱼是一种小刀大小的鱼，原产于南加州。
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- Sand raking disturbs grunion eggs during their delicate incubation period.
- The grunions' behaviour must give them some survival advantage.
- There are no good counts of the grunion population.