Lumpsucker

3 definitions found

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

  Lumpsucker \Lump"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
     The lumpfish.
     [1913 Webster]

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]:

  lumpsucker
       n : any of several very small lumpfishes