HyperDic: cyclopterus_lumpus

English > 1 sense of the expression Cyclopterus lumpus:
NOUNanimalCyclopterus lumpus, lumpfishclumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker
English > Cyclopterus lumpus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningclumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar.
Synonymlumpfish
Member ofCyclopterus, genus Cyclopterustype genus of the Cyclopteridae
NarrowerlumpsuckerAny of several very small lumpfishes
Broaderscorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fishfishes having the head armored with bony plates

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