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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.

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[Obsolete lump (perhaps from Dutch lomp, blenny, loach, from Middle Dutch lompe, cod) + fish.]

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lumpfish [ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any other fish of the family Cyclopteridae Also called lumpsucker

[lump (now obsolete) lumpfish, from Middle Dutch lumpe, perhaps related to lump¹]

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lumpfish - 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