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lumpfish Definition

lump·fish (lumpfis̸h′)

noun pl. -·fish′, -·fish′es

any of several sluggish, marine percoid fishes (family Cyclopteridae), esp. a large N Atlantic species (Cyclopterus lumpus), usually having a heavy body with hard spines, lumps, and a powerful ventral sucker

Etymology: prob. so called from the bony tubercles

lumpfish Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • roe: Put the crab paste up there on the top shelf next to the Penthouse and the lumpfish roe up next to Reader's Wives.

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