sea scorpion

nounIchthyology.

scorpionfish.

Origin of sea scorpion

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words Nearby sea scorpion

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How to use sea scorpion in a sentence

Presently the son in-law comes in with the sea-scorpion, which he gives to his father-in-law to eat.
Eskimo Life | Fridtjof Nansen
Before the ancestor of the sea scorpion could survive being left by the tide it had to develop its casing and armour.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
The male of the Cottus scorpius, or sea-scorpion, is more slender and smaller than the female.
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex | Charles Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for sea scorpion

sea scorpion

noun

any of various northern marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae, esp Taurulus bubalis (long-spined sea scorpion). They have a tapering body and a large head covered with bony plates and spines

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