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单词 lumpfish
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
lump•fish  (lumpfish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. Fishany 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.
  • lump1 + fish 1735–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lumpfish /ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ/ n ( pl -fish, -fishes)
  1. a North Atlantic scorpaenoid fish, Cyclopterus lumpus, having a globular body covered with tubercles, pelvic fins fused into a sucker, and an edible roe: family Cyclopteridae

Also called: lumpsucker Etymology: 16th Century: lump (now obsolete) lumpfish, from Middle Dutch lumpe, perhaps related to lump1
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