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lumpsucker

British  
/ ˈlʌmpˌsʌkə /

noun

  1. See lumpfish

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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

But the nightmare passes quickly: The Pacific spiny lumpsucker is barely three inches long.

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

A Pacific spiny lumpsucker specimen under fluorescent light.

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