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Definition :

A large thick clumsy marine fish Cyclopterus lumpus of Europe and America The color is usually translucent sea green sometimes purplish It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles and three rows on each side but has no scales The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds Called also lumpsucker cock paddle sea owl