SINCE 1828
lumpfish
noun
lump·fish
| \ ˈləmp-ˌfish
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Definition of lumpfish
: a northern Atlantic usually greenish fish (Cyclopterus lumpus of the family Cyclopteridae) having rows of nodules on the body and eggs used as a caviar
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