Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as lump-fish.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the Cyclopteridae family, with adhesive pelvic discs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The lumpfish.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of several very small lumpfishes
Examples
“The male sea-horse puts the eggs in his breast-pocket; the male Kurtus carries them on the top of his head; the cock-paidle or lumpsucker guards them and aerates them in a corner of a shore-pool.”
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
“The conclusions of the study also show that minimal consumption of lumpsucker, hake or salmon roe satisfies the human body's Omega 3 essential fatty acid requirements, because of its levels of EPA y DHA.”
“Credit: Guil Guerrero et al. The roe of hake, lumpsucker and salmon is the best dietary source of Omega 3, according to a study carried out by researchers at the University of Almería (UAL).”
“Washington: A new study carried out by researchers at the University of Almería (UAL) has found that the roe of hake, lumpsucker and salmon is the best dietary source of Omega 3.”
“Posted on: Friday, 11 December 2009, 13: 17 CST The roe of hake, lumpsucker and salmon is the best dietary source of Omega 3, according to a study carried out by researchers at the”
“The father sea-spider carries about the eggs attached to two of his limbs; the father sea-horse puts his mate's eggs into his breast pocket and carries them there in safety until they are hatched; the father stickleback of the shore-pools makes a seaweed nest and guards the eggs which his wives are induced to lay there; the father lumpsucker mounts guard over the bunch of pinkish eggs which his mate has laid in a nook of a rocky shore-pool, and drives off intruders with zest.”
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
“The results, published in the European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, show that Omega 3 fatty acids are present in all fish roe, but especially in the eggs of Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), squid (Loligo vulgaris), cuttlefish (Sepia sp.), lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus), hake”
“The results showed that Omega 3 fatty acids are present in all fish roe, but especially in the eggs of Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), squid (Loligo vulgaris), cuttlefish (Sepia sp.), lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus), hake (Merluccius merluccius) and salmon (Salmo salar).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lumpsucker’.
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
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fish
masked stargazer, puddingwife, garden eel, swollen-headed co..., velvet belly, curious wormfish, gorgeous barb, bumpytail ragged-..., upside down sleeper, crazy fish, white sucker, clown toado and 211 more...
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PECH - marine species
African cuttlefish, Alaska plaice, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
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Words that sound dirty but aren't.
When you want to be pedantic AND childish.
titular, masticate, condiment, titmouse, penal, formication, social intercourse, assassination, cacophony, lucubrate, rectify, banal and 131 more...
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Insulting animals
pseudo-babbler, buff-bellied fat-..., eel-mother, spongehead catshark, slimy offshore po..., longnose sucker, smooth lumpsucker, pimpled lumpsucker, bumpy lumpsucker, clown toado, puddingwife, hagfish and 70 more...
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Morbid Curiosity: Words You Should Be...
This has the potential to be the scariest list on Wordie.
merkin, meat, shingles, vomit, goiter, incision, abattoir, erysipelas, ebola, maggot, blood, episiotomy and 51 more...
Tweets
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deinonychus I don't take orders from a buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum, you pseudo-babbler of an eel-mother! But I will make a list of insulting-animals. Jul 18, 2012
bilby I command the making of one, you Swollen-nosed Side-blotched Lizard! Jul 18, 2012
deinonychus Is there such a list? Or was that a suggestion to make one? Jul 18, 2012
bilby Animal insults list? Jul 18, 2012
deinonychus There are several species, and many of them sound like excellent insults: pimpled lumpsucker, toad lumpsucker, bumpy lumpsucker, smooth lumpsucker... Feb 12, 2012