Lūmp'-fish, n.

n. [Eng. lump, on account of its bulkiness; Ger. & D. lump, Fr. lompe, It. lumpo, lompo, Sp. lumpo, jumpo, N. Lat. lumpus.] (Ichth.) A sea-fish, of the genus Cyclopterus (C. lumpus). Its head and body are deep, thick, and short; the pectoral fins unite under the throat, and with the ventral fins form a single disk. It is soft, without scales, but covered with firm, horny spines.—Called also lump-sucker.