sculpins

Variant of sculpin

sculpin definition

scul·pin (skul′pin)

noun pl. sculpin -·pin or sculpins -·pins

  1. any of a family (Cottidae) of small, generally scaleless, mostly marine percoid fishes with a spiny head and wide mouth
  2. ☆ a scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata) of the S California coast

Etymology: prob. altered < Fr scorpene < L scorpaena: see scorpion

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