lumpsucker

English

lumpsuckers using their adhesive pelvic discs

Etymology

lump +‎ sucker

Pronunciation

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Noun

Atlantic spiny lumpsucker

lumpsucker (plural lumpsuckers)

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

Synonyms

• (one of the Cyclopteridae): lump, lumpfish

Derived terms

• Atlantic spiny lumpsucker ()
• smooth lumpsucker ()

Translations

scorpaeniform fish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圓鰭魚／圆鳍鱼, 圆鳍鱼 (yuánqíyú)

• Danish: almindelig stenbider, kulso, kvabso, stenbider
• Dutch: snotolf (nl)
• Faroese: grárognkelsi, reyðrognkelsi, rognkelsi
• Finnish: rasvakala (fi)
• French: grosse poule de mer (fr), lompe (fr)
• German: Lump (de), Seehase (de)
• Greenlandic: angusalluk, arnaluk
• Icelandic: hrognkelsi (is) n
• Inuktitut: angusatdluk (angusatdluk), angusedlok (angusedlok), arnaldlok (arnaldlok), arnardluk (arnardluk), lepisuk (lepisuk), nepisa (nepisa), nipisa (nipisa), qorkshuyoq (qorkshuyoq)
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• Irish: léasán leice m
• Italian: ciclottero m, lompo m
• Lithuanian: apvaliapelekinės
• Norman: poule d'ieau f
• Norwegian: rognkall, rognkjeks (no)
• Polish: tasza (pl)
• Portuguese: peixe-lapa
• Russian: пинаго́р (ru) m (pinagór), воробе́й морско́й m (vorobéj morskój), круглопёр m (kruglopjór)
• Spanish: ciclóptero m, lumpo m
• Swedish: kvabbso (sv), sjurygg (sv), stenbit (sv)

References

• lumpsucker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cyclopteridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cyclopteridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• FishBase