[luhmp-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, esp. Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic. |
| lump·fish (lŭmp'fĭsh') n. pl. lumpfish or lump·fishes Any of various fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, especially Cyclopterus lumpus of North Atlantic waters, having pelvic fins united to form a suction disk and a body bearing prominent tubercles. [Obsolete lump (perhaps from Dutch lomp, blenny, loach, from Middle Dutch lompe, cod) + fish.] |
lumpfish
any of certain marine fish of the family Cyclopteridae (order Scorpaeniformes), found in cold northern waters. Lumpsuckers are thickset, short-bodied, scaleless fish with skins that are either smooth or studded with bony tubercles. Like the snailfish, which are often included in the family, they are characterized by a strong sucking disk on the undersurface. The disk is formed from the pelvic fins and is used by the fish in holding firmly to the sea bottom.
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