SCULPIN


Meaning of SCULPIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈskəl-pən ]

noun

( plural sculpins also sculpin )

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1672

1. : any of a family (Cottidae) of spiny large-headed usually bottom-dwelling often scaleless bony fishes with large fanlike pectoral fins

2. : a scorpion fish ( Scorpaena guttata ) of the southern California coast caught for food and sport

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