Home › Words › G › gunnelgunnel/ˈɡʌnəl/gunnel · noun — A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).gunnel is pronounced /ˈɡʌnəl/.EtymologyFrom Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun + wale.nounA small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.codlock 73% match — Pholis gunnellus: The rock gunnel, a ray-finned fish found in coastal waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. vs gunnel →hornel 66% match — A sand eel. vs gunnel →eeling 62% match — Fishing for eels. vs gunnel →hornfish 62% match — A garfish or sea needle. vs gunnel →cunner 62% match — A marine European fish (Symphodus melops). vs gunnel →burgall 61% match — A cunner, a fish of species (Tautogolabrus adspersus). vs gunnel →gorebill 60% match — The garfish. vs gunnel →eelblenny 60% match — Any fish of genus Lumpenus, resembling an eel, found in subarctic waters, especially Lumpenus sagitta and Lumpenus fabricii (slender eelblenny). vs gunnel →