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.
Words nearby lumpfish
lumpectomy,
lumpen,
lumpenprole,
lumpenproletariat,
lumper,
lumpfish,
lumpish,
lumpsucker,
lumpy,
lumpy jaw,
lumumba
Example sentences from the Web for lumpfish
Down went the trap, an up she come: not even a lumpfish or a lobser t grace the labor.
Every Man for Himself |Norman Duncan
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
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