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RE: Silly part name

To: Robert Burnett <robertb@alldata.com>
Subject: RE: Silly part name
From: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 10:09:41 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, Robert Burnett wrote:

> I believe you will find the fish are actually called Grunnions.
> 
> >Well, you see, a trunnion is either a pin upon which something rotates, or
> >a fish.  It depends.  At certain times of the year, Californians gather on
> >the beach at night, at high tide, carrying sacks, hell bent on capturing
> >little fish called trunnions. 
> 

Whatever gave you that idea?  Grunnions are the pins at the outer end of
the A arm. 

Ray

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910


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