Lumpfish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From {Lump}, on account of its
     bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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)]