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scorpaenoid

American  
[skawr-pee-noid] / skɔrˈpi nɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.

noun

  1. a scorpaenoid fish.

scorpaenoid British  
/ 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

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noun

  1. any fish belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidea

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Etymology

Origin of scorpaenoid

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

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