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[syn: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scorpaenoid \Scor*pae"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus
(see Scorpene) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes
the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and
many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See
Illust. under Rockfish.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scorpaenid
n 1: any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-
water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in
the Pacific [syn: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish]