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) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, esp. members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines. |
| scorpion fish n. Any of numerous small, often brilliantly colored marine fishes of the family Scorpaenidae, most species of which have poisonous spines in the dorsal fin. |