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Definition of Lumpsuckers

lumpsucker
Lumpfish Lump"fish`, n. [From Lump, on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zo["o]l.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.
Lumpsucker
Lumpsucker Lump"suck`er, n. (Zo["o]l.) The lumprish.

Meaning of Lumpsuckers from wikipedia

- small mouths of lumpsuckers are lined with narrow rows of small conical teeth. The gas bladder is absent. In terms of length, lumpsuckers range in size...
- The Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) is a species of bony fish in the family Cyclopteridae. Pacific spiny lumpsuckers are a globular-shaped...
- belonging to the family Cyclopteridae, the lumpsuckers or lumpfish. Its only species is Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish. It is found in the North...
- feeds on crustaceans, smaller fishes, and Oikopleura. Atlantic spiny lumpsuckers are found in the Arctic and coastal parts of the North Atlantic. They...
- acetabulum causes attachment and detachment.: 1146–1148  Gobies, remoras and lumpsuckers have suckers which are modified fins. These fishes use their suckers...
- Venomous Lumpsucker 2010: Boxer, Beetle 2012: The Teleportation Accident 2014: Glow 2017: Madness Is Better Than Defeat 2022: Venomous Lumpsucker "Ned Beauman"...
- structures can be extremely specialized in actinopterygians. Gobiids and lumpsuckers modify their pelvic fins into a sucker disk that allow them to adhere...
- The toad lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus phrynoides) is a species of fish in the family Cyclopteridae that can be found in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska...
- Cyclopteroidea Gill, 1873 Family Cyclopteridae Bonaparte, 1831 (lumpfishes or lumpsuckers) Family Liparidae Gill, 1861 (Snailfishes) This classification is not...
- worm is a flatfish or lumpsucker, which they capture with grasping hooks at the front of their bodies. They penetrate the lumpsucker with a thin filament...