Grubby (Noun)
Meaning
Small sculpin of the coast of New England.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A grubby, about three inches in length, swam away as I turned the rock over.
- Fishing near rocky coastlines is ideal for catching the elusive grubby, common to New England shores.
- On New England beaches it is often called the 'grubby' rather than by its actual scientific name of a longhorn sculpin.
- An abundant coastal species is the small longhorn sculpin which fishermen on occasion might be caught by offhandedly labeling the specimen 'a grubby'.
- Because 'grubby' fishing wasn't quite good on Saturday and low-tide approached earlier, today an excited Tom dressed swiftly, fully awake with daylight this early in his mornings when ready.