| NOUN | animal | lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus | clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker |
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| Meaning | clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar. | |
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| Synonym | Cyclopterus lumpus | |
| Member of | Cyclopterus, genus Cyclopterus | type genus of the Cyclopteridae |
| Narrower | lumpsucker | Any of several very small lumpfishes |
| Broader | scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish | fishes having the head armored with bony plates |
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