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lumpsucker Definition


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lumpfish
lumpsucker
noun
    lumpfish, lumpfishes
    1. A fish widespread in cold northern seas, which has a heavy rounded body with rows of spiny plates and a large sucker on its underside, and which is eaten salted or smoked. Its eggs are often dyed black and used as a substitute for caviar.
Etymology: 17c.



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