grundel
(ˈgrʌndəl)
Also 5 grundyl.
[f. grund ground n. + -el1. Cf. MDu., Du. grondel, G. grundel; also grindle.]
A fish; = groundling 1.
14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 584/42 Fringulus, a grundyl. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Grundel, or Grundling, in zoology, a name used by some for the common loach or locho, a small freshwater fish, known among writers by the names of cobitis and fundulus. |