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Definition of Cyclopterus lumpus

1. Noun. Clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclopterus Lumpus

Literary usage of Cyclopterus lumpus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1867)
"Dr JA Smith exhibited a large specimen of the Cyclopterus lumpus (the Lumpsucker). A female, which is larger than the male, the Hush, ..."

2. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"The Lump-sucker, Cyclopterus lumpus, 833-834, and fig. 87, is a FIG. 87. ... Cyclopterus lumpus ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"The colours of the Cyclopterus lumpus vary according to sex and age. The tubercles with which its body is furnished also vary in their conformation; ..."

4. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The Lump-sucker, Cyclopterus lumpus, 833-834, and fig. 87, is a FIG. 87.—Lump-sucker, Cyclopterus lumpus; with a separate view of the sucking-disc. ..."

5. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1841)
"0 Cyclopterus lumpus, L. + Liparis vulgaris, Flem. (?) 4- „ Montagu!, Flem. + In this family Ireland would seem to possess one species more than Great ..."

6. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"type Cyclopterus lumpus L.) Spinous dorsal present, sometimes disappearing with age; skin thick, armed with series of bony tubercles; other characters of ..."

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