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Noun: lumpfish  'lúmp,fish
  1. Clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
    "Lumpfish roe is sometimes used as a less expensive alternative to sturgeon caviar";
    - Cyclopterus lumpus

Derived forms: lumpfishes

Type of: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

Part of: Cyclopterus, genus Cyclopterus

Encyclopedia: Lumpfish