1. any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific; [syn: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scorpaenid fish
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]