scorpaenoid

[ skawr-pee-noid ]

adjective
  1. resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.

noun
  1. a scorpaenoid fish.

Origin of scorpaenoid

1
1835–45; <Latin scorpaen(a) (see scorpaenid) + -oid

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British Dictionary definitions for scorpaenoid

scorpaenoid

/ (skɔːˈpiːnɔɪd) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Scorpaenoidea, a suborder of spiny-finned fishes having bony plates covering the head: includes the sculpins, scorpion fishes, gurnards, etc

noun
  1. any fish belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidea

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