Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grunt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redmouth \Red"mouth`\ (-mouth`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus
{Diabasis}, or {H[ae]mulon}, of the Southern United States,
having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also
{flannelmouth}, and {grunt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grunted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Grunting}.] [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G.
grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or
perh. akin to E. groan.]
To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan
or a deep guttural sound.
Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a
weary life. --Shak.
{Grunting ox} (Zo["o]l.), the yak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grunt \Grunt\, n.
1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of American food
fishes, of the genus {H[ae]mulon}, allied to the snappers,
as, the black grunt ({A. Plumieri}), and the redmouth
grunt ({H. aurolineatus}), of the Southern United States;
-- also applied to allied species of the genera
{Pomadasys}, {Orthopristis}, and {Pristopoma}. Called also
pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the
noise it makes when taken.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grunt
n 1: the short low gruff noise of the kind made by pigs
2: medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter a
grunting sound when caught
v : issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his
reluctant approval"
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