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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar;
[syn: lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From Lump, on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zool.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cyclopterus \Cyclopterus\ n. the type genus of the Cyclopteridae, consisting of lumpfishes. It includes Cyclopterus lumpus of the North Atlantic. Syn: genus Cyclopterus. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cyclopterus lumpus n 1: clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar [syn: lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus]