[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.] |