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| 1. | belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes. |
| 2. | a scorpaenid fish. |
| scor·pae·noid (skôr-pē'noid') adj. Of or belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidei, which includes the scorpion fishes and rockfishes. n. A scorpaenoid fish. [From New Latin Scorpaenoīdeī, suborder name, from Scorpaena, type genus, from Latin, a kind of fish, from Greek skorpaina, feminine of skorpios, a sea fish, scorpion.] scor·pae'nid (-nĭd) adj. & n. |
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