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scorpaenid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scorpaenoid \Scor*p[ae]"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see {Scorpene}) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the family {Scorp[ae]nid[ae]}, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also {scorp[ae]nid}.] See Illust. under {Rockfish}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scorpaenid n : any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific [syn: {scorpaenid fish}]
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