sculpin
noun
any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
sculpins
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pluralof sculpin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Affected species include the brown and rainbow trout, mountain whitefish and sculpins that are a food source for the larger fish.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
In the algae-filled ponds of the New Delta East—land created by the undammed Elwha—we netted hundreds of knuckle-size sculpins, sticklebacks, snails, and baby flounder, along with lots of perfectly round beaver poop.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 26, 2016
Two poisonings have also hurt the fish population and trout food sources, including sculpins and other marine wildlife trout eat.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2016
To use a Rivermouth saying, he was always catching sculpins when everyone else with the same bait was catching mackerel.
From The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
And, would you b'lieve it, them two old critters, Beriah and Eben, gobbled the bait like sculpins.
From Cape Cod Stories by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
