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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 scul·pin /ˈskʌlpən/
 一種魚,飯桶

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scul·pin n.  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).
 Note:The name is also applied to other related California species.
 Deep-water sculpin, the sea raven.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sculpin
      n : any of numerous spiny large-headed broad-mouthed usually
          scaleless scorpaenoid fishes