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SCULPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sculpin mean? 

SCULPIN (noun)
  The noun SCULPIN has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouthsplay

  Familiarity information: SCULPIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCULPIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sculpin" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sculpin"):

bullhead (freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines)

miller's-thumb (small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America)

Hemitripterus americanus; sea raven (large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught)

grubby; Myxocephalus aenaeus (small sculpin of the coast of New England)

Holonyms ("sculpin" is a member of...):

Cottidae; family Cottidae (sculpins)


 Context examples 


He can hear sounds ranging between 1 and 4 kHz, and it is in this range that fish such as sculpin and herring produce sounds.

(Marine Birds Can Hear Under Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Both sculpin and herring are on the cormorant's menu.

(Marine Birds Can Hear Under Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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