lumpfish

American  

[luhmp-fish] / ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ /

noun

lumpfishes plural

1. any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic.

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lumpfish British  

/ ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. a North Atlantic scorpaenoid fish, Cyclopterus lumpus, having a globular body covered with tubercles, pelvic fins fused into a sucker, and an edible roe: family Cyclopteridae

2. any other fish of the family Cyclopteridae

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• lumpfish
  plural
• lumpfishes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of lumpfish

First recorded in 1735–45; lump ¹ + fish