Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lumpfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From {Lump}, on account of its
bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lumpfish
n : clumsy soft thick-bodied North Atlantic fish with pelvic
fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
[syn: {Cyclopterus lumpus}]
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