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lumpfish

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lump·fish  (lmpfsh)
n. pl. lumpfish or lump·fishes
Any of various fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, especially Cyclopterus lumpus of North Atlantic waters, having pelvic fins united to form a suction disk and a body bearing prominent tubercles.
[Obsolete lump (perhaps from Dutch lomp, blenny, loach, from Middle Dutch lompe, cod) + fish.]
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Noun1.lumpfishlumpfish - clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
Cyclopterus lumpus
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates
Cyclopterus, genus Cyclopterus - type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes
lumpsucker - any of several very small lumpfishes


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