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lumpsucker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of several very small lumpfishes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus

History

Etymology

From lump + sucker.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓鰭魚 /圆鳍鱼 (yuánqíyú) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Danish: almindelig stenbider — scorpaeniform fish
  • Danish: kulso — scorpaeniform fish
  • Danish: kvabso — scorpaeniform fish
  • Danish: stenbider — scorpaeniform fish
  • Dutch: snotolf — scorpaeniform fish
  • Faroese: grárognkelsi — scorpaeniform fish
  • Faroese: reyðrognkelsi — scorpaeniform fish
  • Faroese: rognkelsi — scorpaeniform fish
  • Finnish: rasvakala — scorpaeniform fish
  • French: grosse poule de mer — scorpaeniform fish
  • French: lompe — scorpaeniform fish
  • German: Lump — scorpaeniform fish
  • German: Seehase — scorpaeniform fish
  • Greenlandic: angusalluk — scorpaeniform fish
  • Greenlandic: arnaluk — scorpaeniform fish
  • Icelandic: hrognkelsi — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: angusatdluk (angusatdluk) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: angusedlok (angusedlok) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: arnaldlok (arnaldlok) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: arnardluk (arnardluk) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: lepisuk (lepisuk) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: nepisa (nepisa) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: nipisa (nipisa) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Inuktitut: qorkshuyoq (qorkshuyoq) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Irish: léasán leice — scorpaeniform fish
  • Italian: ciclottero — scorpaeniform fish
  • Italian: lompo — scorpaeniform fish
  • Lithuanian: apvaliapelekinės — scorpaeniform fish
  • Norman: poule d'ieau — scorpaeniform fish
  • Norwegian: rognkall — scorpaeniform fish
  • Norwegian: rognkjeks — scorpaeniform fish
  • Polish: tasza — scorpaeniform fish
  • Polish: zając morski — scorpaeniform fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-lapa — scorpaeniform fish
  • Russian: пинаго́р (pinagór) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Russian: воробе́й морско́й (vorobéj morskój) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Russian: круглопёр (kruglopjór) — scorpaeniform fish
  • Spanish: ciclóptero — scorpaeniform fish
  • Spanish: lumpo — scorpaeniform fish
  • Swedish: kvabbso — scorpaeniform fish
  • Swedish: sjurygg — scorpaeniform fish
  • Swedish: stenbit — scorpaeniform fish
  • Welsh: iâr fôr — scorpaeniform fish