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lump•fish



Pronunciation: (lump'fish"), [key]
—n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. 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.

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