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Any of numerous spiny large-headed broad-mouthed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes
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sculpin
Word definitions for sculpin in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus , or Acanthocottus , having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of numerous spiny large-headed broad-mouthed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Scorpaeniformes . As of 2006, this superfamily contains 11 families, 149 genera, and 756 species. Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small fish of the family Cottidae, usually lacking scales. Often found on river bottoms and in tidal pools.
Usage examples of sculpin.
Norman, 169, 185-7, 197, 200,581 Scrapping, under Washington Treaty, 24-5 SCUFFLE, 489 SCULPIN, 499-50O SEA DOG, 510 Seabees, 290, 410-11, 489, 523-4, 555 SEAHORSE, 329 SEA LION 505, 508 Searles, Lt.