Sculpin, a name given to the Dragonet (q.v.), and also in the United States to various marine species of Cottus or Bull-head—notably to C. octodecimpinosus and C. scorpinus; the 'Daddy-Sculpin' being C. grælandicus.
Sculpin
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 263
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