Magullion

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A Cornish dialect term for a particular kind of sea fish, recorded in regional vocabularies of the county
2. The name used in Cornwall for a certain type of marine fish, known mainly from local dialect usage
3. A regional word from the West Country of England denoting a sea fish, rarely found outside Cornish dialect records

Etymology: Magullion is a Cornish dialect name for the common seaweed-living fish that Cornish fishermen knew by several local names, and it survives mainly in the regional records of the West Country rather than in general dictionaries. The most useful fact about it is its origin in the Cornish language itself: the word is generally linked to Cornish forms connected with "mackerel" and related sea-fish terms, a lineage that reflects how closely fishing vocabulary stayed tied to the Cornish tongue long after English became dominant in the region. Beyond that, the documented evidence is thin.