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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), noun
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.
3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting in the war in Vietnam. [slang] [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grunter \Grunt"er\, noun
1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog. ''Bristled grunters.'' --Tennyson.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of several American marine fishes. See {Sea robin}, and {Grunt}, noun, 2.
3. (Brass Founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
grunter
noun
1: a person who grunts
2: domestic swine [syn: {hog}, {pig}, {squealer}, {Sus scrofa}]
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