Scorpaenid

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any fish in the family Scorpaenidae, a scorpionfish.
  2. 2
    any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
scorpaenid fishscorpaenoidscorpaenoid

Etymology

From Latin scorpaen(a) + -id.

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