Lumpfish (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural (especially collectively) lump·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) lump·fish·es.
  1. any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic.
noun plural -fish or -fishes
  1. 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. any other fish of the family Cyclopteridae
Lumpfish (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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