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[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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lumpfish
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]