scorpaenoid

American

[skawr-pee-noid] / skɔrˈpi nɔɪd /

adjective

resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.

noun

a scorpaenoid fish.

scorpaenoid British

/ skɔːˈpiːnɔɪd /

adjective

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

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noun

any fish belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidea

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Etymology

Origin of scorpaenoid

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

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