'Sculpin' definitions:
Definition of 'sculpin'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
Definition of 'Sculpin'
From: GCIDE
- Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [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}). [1913 Webster]
- Note: The name is also applied to other related California species. [1913 Webster]
- Deep-water sculpin, the sea raven. [1913 Webster]