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padle

padle noun: a lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).

Noun

padle (plural padles)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
    • The Padle of our market is the male Lump fish (Cyclopterus Lumpus.) The female is called Hush by our fishers; but it is seldom brought to market, being much inferior to the male for the table.1807, “Fish Market”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 69, page 364
    • The male lump-fish, or padle, is brought to market in April and May.1809, John Roberton, A Treatise on Medical Police, and on Diet, Regimen

Forms of padle

pluralpadles

Words formed from padle

Questions about padle

What does padle mean?
Padle means a lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
What part of speech is padle?
Padle is a noun.
What is the plural of padle?
The plural of padle is padles.

Words near padle in the dictionary

  1. padishah
  2. padishahs
  3. padishar
  4. padishars
  5. padkos
  6. padle
  7. padles
  8. padless
  9. Padley
  10. Padleys
  11. padlike

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