scul·pin (sk l p n)n. pl. scul·pins or sculpin 1. Any of various marine and freshwater fishes of the family Cottidae, having a large flattened head and prominent spines. 2. A scorpion fish (Scorpaena guttata) of California coastal waters. Also called sea scorpion. [Origin unknown.] |
sculpin [ˈskʌlpɪn]
n pl -pin, -pins
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian any of various fishes of the family Cottidae (bullheads and sea scorpions)
[of unknown origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  sculpin - any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouthsscorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates Cottidae, family Cottidae - sculpins bullhead - freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines miller's-thumb - small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America Hemitripterus americanus, sea raven - large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught grubby, Myxocephalus aenaeus - small sculpin of the coast of New England |
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