lumpsucker

Variant of lumpfish

lumpfish definition

lump·fish (lump′fis̸h′)

noun pl. lumpfish -·fish′, lumpfishes -·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
also called lumpsucker lump′·suck′er

Etymology: prob. so called from the bony tubercles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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