lumpsucker
Britishnoun
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Phallon Tullis-Joyce will insist it was the Pacific spiny lumpsucker, a bony fish with a suction cup pelvic fin that helps it attach to surfaces.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022
The Pacific spiny lumpsucker is typically an ambush predator, sitting and waiting to suck in small fish, crustaceans or other creatures that pass by.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022
In addition to resembling a spiky puffball, the lumpsucker also has suckers on the bottom of its body similar to those on octopus tentacles.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022
The nightmare of the Pacific spiny lumpsucker starts with the teeth: needle-sharp, lining the rim of bulbous lips.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022
The male sea-horse puts the eggs in his breast-pocket; the male Kurtus carries them on the top of his head; the cock-paidle or lumpsucker guards them and aerates them in a corner of a shore-pool.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur
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