单词 | lumpfish |
释义 | lumpfish[ luhmp-fish ] / ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ / noun, plural (especially collectively) lump·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) lump·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, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic. Origin of lumpfishFirst recorded in 1735–45; lump1 + fish Words nearby lumpfishlumpectomy, lumpen, lumpenprole, lumpenproletariat, lumper, lumpfish, lump hammer, lump in one's throat, lumpish, lump of sugar, lumpsucker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lumpfish
British Dictionary definitions for lumpfishlumpfish / (ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ) / noun plural -fish or -fishesa 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 any other fish of the family Cyclopteridae Also called: lumpsucker Word Origin for lumpfishC16: lump (now obsolete) lumpfish, from Middle Dutch lumpe, perhaps related to lump 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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