HyperDic: lumpfish

English > 1 sense of the word lumpfish:
NOUNanimallumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpusclumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker
English > lumpfish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningclumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar.
SynonymCyclopterus lumpus
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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