lumpsucker

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lump·suck·er

 (lŭmp′sŭk′ər)
n.
See lumpfish.
[Obsolete lump, lumpfish; see lumpfish + sucker (from the suction disk of the fish ).]
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lumpsucker

(ˈlʌmpˌsʌkə)
n
(Animals) See lumpfish
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.lumpsucker - any of several very small lumpfisheslumpsucker - any of several very small lumpfishes
Cyclopterus lumpus, lumpfish - clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
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