lump·fish /ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ/
魴魚
Lump·fish n. Zool. 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.
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lumpfish
n : clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic
fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
[syn: Cyclopterus lumpus]
[also: lumpfishes (pl)]