lumpfish
[ luhmp-fish ]
/ ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ /
noun, plural (especially collectively) lump·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) lump·fish·es.
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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Down went the trap, an up she come: not even a lumpfish or a lobser t grace the labor.
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British Dictionary definitions for lumpfish
lumpfish
/ (ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ) /
noun plural -fish or -fishes
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
any other fish of the family Cyclopteridae
Also called: lumpsucker
Word Origin for lumpfish
C16: lump (now obsolete) lumpfish, from Middle Dutch lumpe, perhaps related to lump 1
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