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Webster 1913 Edition
Sculpin
Scul′pin
,Noun.
[Written also
skulpin
.] (Zool.)
(a)
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. (b)
A large cottoid market fish of California (
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
); – called also bighead
, cabezon
, scorpion
, salpa
. (c)
The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (
Callionymus lyra
). ☞ The name is also applied to other related California species.
Deep-water sculpin
, the sea raven.
