lumpsucker

Variant of lumpfish

noun pl. lumpfish, lumpfishes

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

Origin: prob. so called from the bony tubercles

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