'Gowdnook' definitions:
Definition of 'Gowdnook'
From: GCIDE
- Gowdnook \Gowd"nook"\, n. (Zool.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gowdnook'
From: GCIDE
- Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring. [1913 Webster]