How to Use grunion in a Sentence

grunion

noun

• For four days after a high tide, grunions surf to shore on breaking waves.
  — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Don’t miss the spectacle of the small, silver fish called grunion laying their eggs in wet sand on the beach during full moons in June through August.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• This aquarium, a San Pedro landmark that dates to the 1930s, covers everything from grunion to whales.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• In addition to public safety, monitors will watch for signs of any sea turtles or grunion, the fish that spawn on the sand, during the dredging.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
• During grunion spawning season, there is an open season for gathering the fish.
  — Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• To catch grunion, a California fishing license is required for anyone 16 and older, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them, according to the department.
  — Daily Pilot Staff, latimes.com, 13 June 2019
• Check out more information about grunion from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2021
• Ocean fishing turns up perch, corbina, croaker, cabezon, shovel-nose guitar fish and sand shark — and on full moons in summer — bare-handed hunting for California grunion, which spawn on sandy SoCal beaches (fishing permit required).
  — Roy M. Wallack, latimes.com, 26 June 2019
• In Southern California, residents are missing the annual ritual of the grunion runs — a spectacle of chasing the slender, sardine-like fish that show up on California’s sandy shores each year.
  — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2020
• Southern California, however, is ground zero for grunion runs.
  — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018

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