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lumpfish


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lumpfish  \Lump"fish`\,  n.  [From  {Lump},  on  account  of  its 
  bulkiness:  cf  G.  &  D.  lump,  F.  lompe.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lumpfish 
  n  :  clumsy  soft  thick-bodied  North  Atlantic  fish  with  pelvic 
  fins  fused  into  a  sucker;  edible  roe  used  for  caviar 
  [syn:  {Cyclopterus  lumpus}] 




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