Crossword clues for lumpfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. lumpsucker
WordNet
n. clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar [syn: Cyclopterus lumpus]
[also: lumpfishes (pl)]
Usage examples of "lumpfish".
She’s been doing lumpfish processing at the fish plant to fill in—when there’s work—and then scraping along on unemployment insurance.
They’ve made a fucking cockadoodle mess out of it, those twits in Ottawa who don’t know a lumpfish from their own arse.