Sculpin

n.

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(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. Deep-water sculpin the sea raven.

Noun

1.

sculpin - any of numerous spiny large-headed broad-mouthed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes

bullhead, Cottidae, family Cottidae, grubby, Hemitripterus americanus, miller's-thumb, Myxocephalus aenaeus, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, sea raven