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scalpin

scalpin is the alternative form of sculpin.

Meaning of sculpin

Noun

sculpin (plural sculpins)

  1. A small fish of the family Cottidae, usually lacking scales. Often found on river bottoms and in tidal pools.
  2. (obsolete, slang) A person who makes mischief.

Forms of scalpin

pluralscalpins

Questions about scalpin

What is scalpin the alternative form of?
Scalpin is the alternative form of sculpin.

Words near scalpin in the dictionary

  1. scalpers
  2. scalpes
  3. scalphunter
  4. scalphunters
  5. scalphunting
  6. scalpin
  7. scalping
  8. scalping knife
  9. scalping knives
  10. scalping tuft
  11. scalping tufts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scalpin (page history and authors); sculpin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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